01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC005053
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- IV4 7AD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To provide environmental education and support restoration ecology
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- 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
Constitutional objectives
(a) To further, through education and involvement, understanding of the value of the remaining wile places of the world and to help conserve the wildlife which depends on them. (b) To provide educational courses on natural history subjects. (c) To publicise, by the production of books, articles and films, the need for preservation of the world’s wild places. (d) To lead study expeditions to areas of natural history interest throughout the world. (e) To offer courses and facilities for field studies for school pupils at subsidised rates from such surplus funds as may from time to time be available. and (f) To buy, own and manage Reserves for the purpose of field study and/or nature conservation.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2025 | £143,845 | £62,685 | 0 | 30 October 2025 |
| 31 January 2024 | £73,500 | £173,608 | 0 | 28 October 2024 |
| 31 January 2023 | £71,738 | £165,174 | 0 | 30 October 2023 |
| 31 January 2022 | £140,388 | £220,338 | 0 | 2 March 2023 |
| 31 January 2021 | £99,258 | £168,266 | 0 | 6 October 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
- Aigas Field Centre, Beauly, Inverness-shire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.theaigastrust.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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