01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033448
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- AB21 0HY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
RNCI aim is to help school pupils and teachers in the North East of Scotland develop a greater understanding of farming, food production and the working countryside.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company is established for charitable objects and purposes only and, in particular, to advance public education by (i) the promotion and encouragement of the dissemination of information concerning Scottish wildlife, agriculture, forestry, rural industries and the countryside (ii) increasing the general public's awareness of their symbiosis with the biological diversity, rural environment, countryside life and economy of Scotland (iii) improving the general public's understanding of the policies and actions necessary to sustain long-term food and timber production, and provision for wildlife and its habitats and (iv) by carrying out and developing at a local level the activities of the charitable body with which the Company is and shall (subject as aftermentioned) remain affiliated, namely, The Royal Highland Education Trust (a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in Scotland with registered number 123813, and being Scottish charity number SC007492, hereinafter referred to as 'RHET'). the operations of the Company to be confined to the designated geographical area known generally as Royal Northern Countryside Initiative area (hereinafter referred to as the 'RNCI area'), being the present local authority areas of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Morayshire as more particularly defined by the postcodes ABIO, ABII, ABI3, ABI4, ABI5, ABI6, AB21, AB22, AB23, AB24,AB25, AB30, AB31, AB32, AB33, AB34, AB35, AB36, AB37, AB38, AB42, AB43, AB44, AB45, AB53, AB54, AB55, AB56, IV 12, IV36, IV30, IV32, IV30 and DD 1 0.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2025 | £0 | £0 | 1 | Not supplied |
| 30 November 2024 | £71,436 | £60,686 | 1 | 26 August 2025 |
| 30 November 2023 | £42,429 | £63,902 | 1 | 13 August 2024 |
| 30 November 2022 | £50,975 | £73,514 | 1 | 15 August 2023 |
| 30 November 2021 | £49,475 | £51,128 | 1 | 23 August 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
- The Laundry
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.rnci.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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