01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000284
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- PA23 7PY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Younger (Benmore) Trust makes funds available for such agreed projects in the Garden as come within the aims of the Trust but which cannot readily be funded from normal Botanic Garden sources. The Trust periodically also makes funds available to assist garden staff in furthering their knowledge of silvicultural and botanical practices and it may provide student incentives from time to time. The purposes include the advancement of education, the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, the advancement of environmental protection or improvement.
Charitable 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
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
Without prejudice to these presents in all other respects. but the conveyance hereby made is granted in trust always and for the ends, uses and purposes hereinafter mentioned, videlicet:- the revenue to be received by the Trustees from the feuduties and the rents or other proceeds of the subjects hereby disponed shall, after paying all expenses of management, taxes, and other necessary outlays, be used by the Trustees for the maintenance of the amenity utility and beauty of the Policies and Gardens of Benmore House and for the prosecution of research and the advancement of education in botany and sylviculture at Benmore.... Declaring that in the event of Benmore ceasing to be used for the prosecution of research and the advancement of education in botany and sylviculture, the Trustees shall thereupon denude of the said Trust and shall reconvey and dispose to me or my foresaids the whole of the subjects hereby conveyed by me in trust.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £25,334 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £13,904 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 31 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £24,102 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £10,405 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £24,547 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £24,226 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £22,868 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £47,239 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 February 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £27,372 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £68,363 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 1 November 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 107 Alexander Street, DUNOON, Argyll
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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