01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030332
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 46
- Postcode
- FK9 4TZ
OSCR note: The SCIO was incorporated on 29 August 2017 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company Keep Scotland Beautiful (SC206984)
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our strategy reaffirms the vision of the organisation to create a clean, green sustainable Scotland by inspiring changes in behaviour and improving our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing and the places that they care for. Our aims are derived from our purposes, and our Charity Trustees set the vision and mission statements and four strategic objectives. Working towards, and achieving these, further our purposes and provide universal public benefit. Our strategies for achieving our aims are through our four strategic objectives: • Combating climate change: ensuring Scotland becomes a Net Zero Nation. • Tackling Litter and Waste: supporting Scotland to become litter free and have a circular economy. • Restoring nature and biodiversity: helping Scotland become nature positive. • Improving Places: inspiring people to restore Scotland’s places and their heritage
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation’s purposes are: To protect, conserve and enhance the environmental sustainability of Scotland and elsewhere for local people, communities, visitors and general public benefit. To inspire, inform, engage and educate people about the natural, built and cultural environment, promoting awareness of the ways in which it is at risk and how they can act to minimise this. To make use of the opportunities presented by the natural, built and cultural environment, and associated heritage, to create opportunities to advance education, promote health, provide recreation, and further citizenship and community development.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,325,410 | £2,473,120 | 46 | 11 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,636,965 | £2,751,918 | 46 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,747,130 | £2,869,811 | 46 | 15 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,539,233 | £5,108,877 | 46 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £10,899,714 | £10,151,190 | 46 | 17 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
- First Floor, Glendevon House, Castle Business Park, Stirling
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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