OSCR Scottish charity profile

Kirknewton Community Development Trust Limited

ActiveCharity number SC037895
Registered7 March 2007
Main locationWest Lothian
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037895
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
5
Postcode
EH27 8AH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

KCDT is set up to deliver meaningful, community-driven initiatives that enhance the quality of life for local residents. We focus on a number of areas including: Community Development and Volunteering. provision of Community Facilities and Services. improvements of Local Environment and Green Space. Planning and Strategic Development. Local Economy and training. We are active in a number of areas including combating fuel poverty and environmental protection. Or largest project in the year to 31-08-24 was to realise a proposal in our development plan which meant we were nearing completion on seven 2-bedroom, low-energy homes designed for older residents, prioritising those with growing care needs and deep-rooted ties to Kirknewton.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) To relieve poverty through the development of practical initiatives to combat fuel poverty in Kirknewton and its environs (b) To provide environmental protection by improving public awareness of fuel poverty, by enabling domestic energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy. (c) To advance education and in particular to promote opportunities for learning for the benefit of the general public (d) To advance environmental protection and improvement in Kirknewton through the provision, maintenance and/or amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefits so arising clearly outweigh any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners) (e) To help young people, particularly those resident in Kirknewton, to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities, such that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society (f) To advance citizenship and/or community development (including the promotion of civic responsibility and the promotion of the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities) (g) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within Kirknewton (h) To carry out any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the public with the prior consent of the Inland Revenue Charities Department or any successor body

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£339,820£173,256513 May 2026
31 August 2024£841,736£794,639529 October 2025
31 August 2023£492,603£125,29454 April 2024
31 August 2022£70,658£128,54759 February 2023
31 August 2021£92,614£176,593526 January 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
The Green Room, 12 Main St, Kirknewton, West Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.kirknewton.info/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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