01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC007883
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- AB34 5EU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
a) To provide an educational resource for members of the public by funding and operating a full-time Countryside Ranger Service from the Braeloine Visitor Centre, Glen Tanar. b) To support and maintain the Chapel of St Lesmo, Glen Tanar and the ministry of the Scottish Episcopal Church, by having services in the Chapel c) To fund local charities and charitable causes, by making donations from time to time. d) To fund national charities, by making donations from time to time
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- 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
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
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
For such purposes as the law shall from time to time regard as charitable within the meaning of Section 360 of the Income & Corporation Taxes Act 1970 or of any Act amending or replacing the same, the Trustees being hereby directed to distribute the Trust Fund at such time or times and in such amounts as they may determine in their sole discretion for such charitable purposes only, but with power to my Trustees in their discretion to accumulate the Trust income in whole or in part for a period of twenty one years from the date hereof.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £91,154 | £91,370 | 2 | 23 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £84,565 | £87,842 | 2 | 28 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £84,639 | £84,688 | 2 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £122,301 | £112,341 | 2 | 31 March 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £68,613 | £78,191 | 2 | 4 February 2022 |
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
- Brooks House, Glen Tanar, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.glentanarcharitabletrust.org/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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