01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024181
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- PA32 8XE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Argyll Fisheries Trust is a Registered Scottish Charity with an objective to better understand and improve fish populations, their habitats and recreational fisheries for freshwater and migratory fish, including Atlantic salmon and brown trout. The Trust operates across Argyll & the Isles undertaking projects with a range of interests and partners including local fisheries, government agencies and private companies. The Trust and it's four full-time staff and a part-time administrator are managed by a board of directors drawn from a variety of interests across the region.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the advancement of animal welfare
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Such part of the capital of the Trust Estate as they may from time to time at their discretion decide for the monitoring. management and enhancement of the fisheries resources in Northern Argyll and in particular within the Awe catchment area and that for the benefit of all persons interested in fisheries resources whether within North Argyll or elsewhere and for any other purpose or purposes relating to fisheries, fishery management, water, water quality and environmental considerations and research into same as the Trustees may from time to time in their sole discretion select and that without prejudice to the foregoing generality and without in any way fettering their said discretion provided that such purposes shall always be of a charitable nature. Declaring-that the Trustees are expressly directed to publish and publicise their activities and findings for the benefit of educational research.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £315,514 | £279,487 | 5 | 2 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £246,755 | £230,832 | 5 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £236,296 | £237,327 | 5 | 30 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £181,006 | £157,476 | 5 | 15 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £151,255 | £94,630 | 5 | 1 December 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
- Cherry Park, Inveraray, Argyll
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.argyllfisheriestrust.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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