OSCR Scottish charity profile

Mountain Bothies Association

Known as MBA

ActiveCharity number SC008685
Registered2 December 1975
Main locationFife
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC008685
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY15 5HW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide basic shelters in remote places open to all

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

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£581,196£268,503023 October 2025
31 December 2023£159,440£249,587013 October 2024
31 December 2022£740,862£308,627015 September 2023
31 December 2021£209,565£195,509017 September 2022
31 December 2020£177,251£123,064027 August 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
℅ 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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