01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008685
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KY15 5HW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Maintain shelters in remote places in the uk
Charitable purposes
- 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
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Object of the charity is to maintain simple shelters in remote country for the use and benefit of all who love wild and lonely places.
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 December 2025 | £202,330 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £286,770 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £581,196 | £521,694 | £9,963 | £0 | £34,242 | £15,297 | £268,503 | £17,318 | £251,185 | £0 | 0 | 23 October 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £159,440 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £249,587 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 13 October 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £740,862 | £729,506 | £8,998 | £0 | £2,358 | £0 | £308,627 | £13,159 | £295,468 | £0 | 0 | 15 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £209,565 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £195,509 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 17 September 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
- ℅ Henderson Black, Edenbank House, 22 Crossgate, Cupar, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.mountainbothies.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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