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West Highland Way Trust, SC053704
Registered charity from 15 October 2024
Charity Details
The name the charity is known by.The Name the Charity is Known ByWHWT
This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressCarrochan
Carrochan Road
Balloch
This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeG83 8EG
Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.Websitewww.westhighlandway.org
Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard
This personalised charity registration logo can be downloaded free of charge and used on the charity’s website, email signatures and publications.OSCR Registration Logo
These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:
4. The organisation’s purposes are: a) To support the provision of recreational facilities associated with the West Highland Way long-distance route (“WHW”) including its development, promotion and maintenance, with the object of providing opportunities for healthful enjoyment, active recreation and engagement with nature, thus improving the conditions of life of members of the public who use the route and for local communities associated with it; b) The advancement of environmental protection and improvement with regard to the landscape, habitat and wildlife along the WHW and the promotion of public engagement in, and a wider appreciation of, the natural beauty and ecology of the WHW and its environs; c) The advancement of rural/semi-rural regeneration along the route of the WHW and its environs; d) The advancement of the heritage of the WHW, including the natural, cultural and social history associated with the route.
Details of the charity's operations
Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Active
When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024
Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 15 Oct 2024
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: More than one local authority area in Scotland
This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: West Dunbartonshire
The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development","the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science","the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended","the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: 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, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations","It carries out activities or services itself"

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