OSCR Scottish charity profile

Nature Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC035823
Registered3 March 2006
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
SC035823
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
IV46 8SA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The aim of the Nature Foundation is the conservation of natural habitats, along with associated raising awareness of the threats facing them. The organisation seeks to achieve these aims through its activities. The organisations own activities centre on purchasing areas of land of particular nature conservation importance, with a special emphasis on native woodlands.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

(a) The protection, restoration and enhancement of the biodiversity and natural wildlife habitats for the benefit of the general public through (i) the purchase, long-term lease or long-term management agreements of land or property. (ii) provision of funding by way of grant, loan or payment out of Trust Property to other recognised charitable organisations involved in similar objectives. (iii) provision of, or assisting in the provision of, advice, education and assistance which will further the charitable objects of the Trust. (b) (i) advance the education of the public and raise awareness of the threats to natural habitats and the need to protect and restore them by the provision of grants, loans and payments out of the trust property to other recognised charitable organisations for the purpose of study, research and education, providing that the results of any such research is made available to the public (ii) advance the education of school children, over and above the statutory responsibility of the education authority, on the threats to natural habitats and the need to protect and restore them by the provision of funding out of the Trust property. (c) to benefit or further such other charitable purposes, subjects or institutions which in the sole discretion of the Trustees shall comply with or promote the above principal purposes of the Trust.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£9,186£24,817021 November 2025
31 March 2024£10,499£6,918027 November 2024
31 March 2023£10,978£7,38606 December 2023
31 March 2022£8,621£10,897017 November 2022
31 March 2021£5,866£7,663025 November 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
Druim Diomhain, Achnacloich, Sleat, Isle Of Skye
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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