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The Scottish Forestry Trust SCIO

SC053147Registered charity from 28 February 2024
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity has been established to replace Scottish Forestry Trust, SC008465 Scottish Forestry Trust, SC008465 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to The Scottish Forestry Trust SCIO, SC053147
Charity Information:
Address Lower Ground Floor
22 Forth Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 3LH
Website https://www.scottishforestrytrust.org.uk/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4 The organisation's purposes are: (a) The advancement of education (including through training and research) in forestry and timber technologies in the United Kingdom. (b) The advancement of science including through the promotion of research, the application of science and the results of research to aid technical efficiency in forestry and timber technologies in the United Kingdom. (c) The advancement of environmental protection and/or improvement through promotion of the conservation of rare and special woodlands.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Scottish Forestry Trust was established in 1983 and our role is to provide funds by way of grants, to support research, training and education in forestry (in its broadest sense) throughout the UK.  The Trust supports projects throughout the whole of the UK provided they can demonstrate a direct benefit to improving knowledge and practise in UK forestry and woodland management; the woodland ecosystem and the processes and products derived from UK woodlands.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Feb 2024
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2025 £311,486 £175,824 22 Dec 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 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
Andrew James Pendlebury
Paul Atkinson
Helen Mary McKay
Edward Francis Balfour
Alfred Ralland Browne
David Francis Robert Philip Burslem
Ian Willoughby
Timothy John Liddon
Ioly Kotta-Loizou
Trefor Morgan Owen
Adam Kleczkowski
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