01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- 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
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £9,186 | £24,817 | 0 | 21 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £10,499 | £6,918 | 0 | 27 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £10,978 | £7,386 | 0 | 6 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £8,621 | £10,897 | 0 | 17 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £5,866 | £7,663 | 0 | 25 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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