01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024112
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- FK9 4JS
OSCR note: Previous Charity names - RSFS Forest Trust Company Period - From 13/10/1995 to 23/04/2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Act as stewards for Cashel Estate, promoting native woodland regeneration, peatland restoration and general education to the public on sustainable forestry
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) the advancement of education: (a) promote the existence, function and aims of the Royal Scottish Forestry Society to the general public. (b) promote the education of members of the public in forestry, nature and native woodland in Scotland, its management, development and uses. (2) the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science: (a) establish, maintain, preserve and manage, in accordance with good silvicultural and ecological principles, forest land having principally Scottish native species and other indigenous flora and fauna. (b) support tourism and leisure, through the provision of forest trails, outdoor pursuits and sports, recreational activities, forest tours or in any other similar way. (3) the advancement of citizenship or community development: (a) conserve, regenerate and promote the restoration of Scotland's native woodlands as an important part of Scotland's natural environment for the benefit of the public. (b) promote public interest in and knowledge and appreciation of forest land, forestry and the use of forest products, so that members of the public may gain or increase their understanding, enjoyment and use of forest land and products in Scotland. (4) engage in all kinds of forestry work and to act as timber growers, and to buy, sell, plant, grow, fell, prepare and deal in timber and wood of all kinds and to buy, clear, plant and work forest land for the purposes of achieving the Company’s objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £247,287 | £182,902 | 0 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £152,565 | £159,990 | 0 | 24 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £140,670 | £144,495 | 0 | 15 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £104,265 | £117,447 | 0 | 30 May 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £93,216 | £50,136 | 0 | 2 September 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
- c/o Baird Lumsden, The Mill, Station Road, Bridge of Allan, Stirling
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.cashel.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Royal Scottish Forestry Society
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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