OSCR Scottish charity profile

Aquatic Coleoptera Conservation Trust

ActiveCharity number SC037556
Registered25 October 2006
Main locationEast Ayrshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037556
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA7 1JJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To address conservation issues associated with species of aquatic beetles in the United Kingdom • To promote research on wetland beetles appropriate to the conservation needs identified in the United Kingdom. • To raise the profile of said insects and related species by publication and specialist advice. • To support the National Biodiversity Network (NBN), iRecord and similar UK-wide initiatives by providing data and by interpretation of data. • continuing promotion of work on species at risk of extinction in the UK • various surveys, including Loch Roan in Dumfries & Galloway, also Llyn-y-parc in North Wales and Otmoor area in Oxfordshire • general submissions of material for identification up to 4,651 specimens in 44 batches • initiation of the Species Evidence Base for 96 taxa covered by Natural England's Nature Recovery Network • continuing work on an update of the fauna of Dumfries & Galloway • our activities continue to be largely underlined by the publications record

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To promote the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£5,629£6,77509 July 2026
31 October 2024£800£2,28703 June 2025
31 October 2023£876£4,790020 March 2024
31 October 2022£1,746£6,00504 April 2023
31 October 2021£8,600£2,34006 June 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
3 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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