OSCR Scottish charity profile

Leys Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC037647
Registered30 November 2006
Main locationAberdeenshire
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
SC037647
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB31 5ZU

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of those parts of the area of ground and the historical remains therein, known as the Leys Estate as have been acquired by the Trust by way of gift, purchase or long term lease

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

(m) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement (b) the advancement of education (f) the advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities) -

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£41,503£22,516017 December 2025
31 March 2024£79,566£83,017020 December 2024
31 March 2023£415£2,439021 December 2023
31 March 2022£5,000£2,439021 December 2022
31 March 2021£0£0023 December 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
Banchory Business Centre, Burn O'Bennie Road, Banchory, Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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