OSCR Scottish charity profile

Donald Searle Outdoor Activities Charitable Company

ActiveCharity number SC020921
Registered23 November 1992
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC020921
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was to let the property known as Kerrowmore Farmhouse on Meggernie Estate in Glenlyon, Scotland (known as, Meggernie Outdoor Centre) to Scouts Scotland at a nominal rent for use by youth groups, educational bodies, charities, and similar organisations.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of public participation in sport

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The purpose of the Company is to promote the welfare of young persons including disabled young persons without distinction of political, religious or other opinions in an effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with they(0bject of improving the conditions of life of said young persons and in furtherance thereof, but not otherwise the Company is empowered:- management of an (a) to convert and renovate the farmhouse known as Kerrowmore Farmhouse on Meggernie Estate in Glenlyon, Scotland (b) to be used for temporary periods by youth groups, educational bodies, charities or similar organisations~ (c) to secure the establishmen., maintenance and outdoor activity centre. ~ (d) to enter into leases for the property known as Kerrowmore Farmhouse on Meggernie Estate in Glenlyon, Scotland.~ (e) to arrange and provide for or join in arranging and providing festivals, exhibitions, meetings, lectures and classes~ f to make personal and written appeals or otherwise for the purpose of procuring contributions to the fund of the Company and to receive and accept by way of gifts, donations, legacies, bequests, grants, subscriptions or otherwise money and property both heritable and moveable for the purpose of furthering the obj ects of the company./ g) to assist any charitable body or bodies (h) to print or publish or procure to be printed or published, broadcast, filmed, televised, issued or otherwise circulated, gratuitously or otherwise, reports, periodicals, books, pamphlets, leaflets, films or other materials relating to the activities of the Company. ~ . (i) to establish or assist in the establishment of any charitable trust, whose subjects are consistent or compatible with the objects of the Company. / (j) to participate in any joint venture with any statutory body or authority or with any voluntary organisation in pursuance of the objects of the Comp

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£36,900£56,526021 November 2025
5 April 2024£10,251£32,648016 December 2024
5 April 2023£34,192£37,50304 January 2024
5 April 2022£113,013£33,880022 December 2022
5 April 2021£320,710£16,475017 January 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
Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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