OSCR Scottish charity profile

Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust

Known as HPCLT

ActiveCharity number SC032801
Registered11 March 2002
Main locationPerth And Kinross
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC032801
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
over 250 volunteers
Staff
4
Postcode
PH9 0LH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

HPCLT was set up as a community charity following the purchase of 421 hectares of an over grazed deer farm at Dun Coillich in Highland Perthshire. The main vision was to increase biodiversity through the restoration og native woodland and other habitats. Other objectives include: to make Dun Coillich relevant to local communities, specifically as a resource for advancing employment opportunities for local young people. to advance education and training in ecology and rural skills. and to provide opportunities for volunteering, walking and wildlife observation. More than 230,000 native trees have been planted, ponds have been established and 12km of waymarked walking trails created. The Trust's community outreach activities are co-ordinated by two employees - a full time Project Officer and a part time Assistant Project Officer and from 2025 the first two Modern Apprentices were employed working in partnership with The NTS, FLS and Kynachan and Dalchosnie Estate.

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
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3.1 To provide benefit to communities within Highland Perthshire, the Charitable Purposes of the Trust ('the Charitable Purposes') are: 3.1.1 to advance environmental protection and improvement by the restoration of native woodland and other habitats as important means of conserving and increasing biodiversity. 3.1.2 to advance education and training in ecology, land management and rural skills by facilitating opportunities for educational establishments and other organisations. and 3.1.3 to provide and organise recreational opportunities, primarily by providing access to walking and to wildlife observation.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£203,560£204,346418 May 2026
31 December 2024£167,990£140,865415 May 2025
31 December 2023£117,385£98,79944 June 2024
31 December 2022£82,616£72,615416 April 2023
31 December 2021£34,537£14,48341 July 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
5 Cuil an Daraich, Logierait, Pitlochry, Perthshire
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.duncoillich.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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