OSCR Scottish charity profile

Rural Development Trust

ActiveCharity number SC035306
Registered20 February 2004
Main locationSouth Lanarkshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC035306
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
9
Postcode
ML11 9PP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We provide services to communities around active travel as well as Climate Action Advice and projects to communities and individuals

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1) To provide relief to people who are in need because of age mental or physical disability or illness to provide and assist in the provision of cummunity transport services serving the needs of such people 2) To advance education and promote training, with particular reference to skills which will assist the participants ibn obtaining paid employment or which will be of direct relevance to the tasks performed by the participants in the course of their employment 3) To relieve unemployment for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. 4) To promote, condut and/or support other charitable projects and intiatives of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£1,121,021£1,104,172930 March 2026
30 June 2024£708,614£756,341926 March 2025
30 June 2023£214,104£311,78699 February 2024
30 June 2022£341,365£468,292916 March 2023
30 June 2021£795,424£547,222922 February 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
1 Powell Street, Douglas Water, Lanark
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ruraldevtrust.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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