OSCR Scottish charity profile

Reforesting Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC018032
Registered19 August 1991
Main locationFife
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC018032
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
AB24 3YT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We were set up to restore Scotland's forest cover and culture. We do this by educating, inspiring and publicising good practice, through publications, visits and social media. We also run projects aiming to fill the gaps in what other organisations are doing. Currently we have projects on hutting, coppice and mountain birch seed collection. We provide small grants for tree planting projects and run the 'Hut of Wellbeing' which provides free respite stays for unpaid carers and people affected by illness.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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

  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1. To promote education and, in particular, to conduct research into, and promote public awareness and understanding of, the role of woodland restoration in the stabilisation and regeneration of ecosystems. 2. To promote the principles of ecologically sound sustainable forestry practice for the rural communities of Scotland. 3. To carry out work to provide, maintain, restore or improve public amenity woodlands, parks and other green spaces. or structures and access or interpretation works (including paths, signs, information boards, etc.) within such places, in the vicinity of landfill sites and elsewhere in Scotland. 4. To advance forest culture and heritage in Scotland. S. To advance physical and mental health through improving public access to forests and the natural environment. and 6. To advance community development, particularly by involving communities in the management of natural assets.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£53,110£60,439117 December 2025
31 March 2024£57,289£59,649131 December 2024
31 March 2023£50,301£39,60118 December 2023
31 March 2022£73,549£51,77013 October 2022
31 March 2021£34,863£36,434122 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
1d Powis Circle, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
www.reforestingscotland.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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