OSCR Scottish charity profile

Ballater (Rd) Limited

Known as Ballater Community Trust

ActiveCharity number SC026254
Registered24 April 1997
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC026254
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
AB35 5QW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide within the Community (Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet) recreational facilities, or organise recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. To advance environmental protection and improvement in the Community through the provision, maintenance, and o/or improvement of public open space, other public amenities and other environmental are regeneration projects. To advance the arts and culture of the Community. To advance education and in particular to promote opportunities for learning, training and skills development for the benefit of the residents of the Community, particular for young people and the unemployed, and with particular reference to skills which will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment within the Community. To promote social inclusion among the residents of the Community.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • 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

To provide within the Community (Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet) recreational facilities, or organise recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. To advance environmental protection and improvement in the Community (Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet) through the provision, maintenance, and/or improvement of public open space, other public amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects (subject to the appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefits so arising clearly outweigh any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners). To advance the arts and culture of the Community (Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet). To advance education and in particular to promote opportunities for learning, training and skills development for the benefit of the residents of the Community (Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet), particularly for young people and the unemployed, and with particular reference to skills which will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment within the Community. To promote social inclusion among the residents of the Community (Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet) . To advance citizenship and/or community development (including promotion of civic responsibility and the promotion of the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities). To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects of acharitable nature for the benefit of the Community (Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet).

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£204,959£175,77419 July 2026
31 March 2025£188,617£195,154122 December 2025
31 March 2024£161,266£137,142112 November 2024
31 March 2023£194,814£211,433113 December 2023
31 March 2022£174,617£151,29513 November 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
Ballater (Rd) Ltd, Park House, Anderson Road, Ballater, Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.royal-deeside.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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