01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC015389
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- G83 8EG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Friends of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs is the only independent conservation and heritage charity working for the benefit of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. The key aims are: • Protecting and nurturing the special qualities of the National Park. • Promoting and celebrating the natural and cultural heritage of the National Park. and • Providing support for projects to make the National Park a better place for people and nature. The aims are fulfilled through campaigns, projects, events and commenting on planning applications and relevant policy consultations.
Charitable purposes
- 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
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Society are, by charitable means only:- (a) to cherish, protect and enhance the natural beauty, amenity and character of Loch Lomond, its islands and the surrounding countryside. (b) to promote and encourage the preservation, conservation and improvement of features of public amenity or historic interest within the above area. (c )to promote and encourage an energetic and consistent implementation of good planning policies appropriate to the above area and consistent with these objects. (d) to stimulate public interest in these objects by means of publications, meetings, exhibitions, appeals and other forms of publicity. (e) to co-operate with other bodies to promote the foregoing objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £42,594 | £52,428 | 1 | 29 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £76,836 | £69,568 | 1 | 30 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £97,702 | £103,887 | 1 | 11 June 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £96,675 | £115,916 | 1 | 21 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £160,268 | £119,366 | 1 | 29 June 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
- Carrochan, Carrochan Road, Balloch
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.lochlomondtrossachs.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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