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The Salter Centre

SC052842Registered charity from 25 September 2023
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous name - Lothian School of Technology from 25/09/2023 to 09/12/2025
Charity Information:
Address Unit 3 Edgefield Road lndustrial Estate
Loanhead
Midlothian
Postcode EH20 9TB
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation's purposes are:- (a) to advance environmental protection and improvement by contributing to the reverse of global warming including by:- (i) promoting the sustainable management of natural resources; (ii) investigating, and supporting the investigation of, climate change; and (iii) promoting energy saving measures and the use of renewable energy; and (b) to advance education by supporting the training of engineers in design and practical skills especially in the field of climate change.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We support engineering enterprises working to address climate change so they can accelerate the development of commercial clean and green technologies. We do this to help put the world on a more sustainable path. We provide affordable, world class research and development facilities at our campus on the edge of Edinburgh. Where needed we invest in these enterprises to enable them to innovate and succeed faster. We support the development of early-stage engineers through a growing programme of training and internships. This is open to secondary and tertiary level students and employees of our resident enterprises. Around 15% of the workforce is made up of students and apprentices. The Salter Centre was founded by Professor Stephen Salter a brilliant and fearless engineer committed to training young people and encouraging low-carbon technologies that will help put the planet back on an even keel.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 25 Sept 2023
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
25 Mar 2025 £0 £0 18 Dec 2025 Yes Download
25 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 25 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Carn Gibson
Jamie Taylor
David Jeffrey
Gordon Masterton
Morag Donaldson
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