OSCR Scottish charity profile

Lochaber Rural Education Trust

ActiveCharity number SC032111
Registered20 August 2001
Main locationHighland
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC032111
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
PH33 7NF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Our charity is to teach youngsters where their food comes from. We had a pop up cafe operating too but it stopped in November 2024. We are run by volunteers.

Charitable purposes

  • 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
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

To advance education and self development by providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for education, learning, recreation and other leisure-time occupations so that the awareness of rural life by children, youths and adults independently and collectively throughout Scotland and elsewhere may be improved.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£24,737£54,157022 December 2025
31 March 2024£72,700£42,727017 December 2024
31 March 2023£29,897£37,729021 December 2023
31 March 2022£29,150£30,692028 December 2022
31 March 2021£32,904£15,819017 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
Dykelands, Camaghael, Fort William
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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