OSCR Scottish charity profile

Venture Trust

ActiveCharity number SC038932
Registered14 November 2007
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC038932
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
36
Postcode
FK9 5QD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(A) The advancement of education, through the provision of programmes of personal and social development to people, regardless of age, by the participation in community and outdoor-based education, adventure activities and learning thereby assisting in developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to overcome disadvantage and in the interests of social welfare (B) To support the prevention of offending and rehabilitation of individuals addressing the underlying causes of offending and enable them to become responsible members of society so that their conditions of life may be improved (C) To assist people, regardless of age, to benefit from further training or education, work experience or to enter employment (D) To assist and encourage people regardless of age, who have need by reason of their social and economic circumstances, to develop an ability to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. (E) To promote and conduct research into personal and social development and wilderness/outdoor-based development programmes, and to identify the developmental needs of people and social conditions affecting people and to publish results and insights (F) To promote or benefit such one or more purposes or institutions as shall from time to time be charitable by English law.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£2,269,529£2,347,496363 November 2025
31 March 2024£2,341,834£2,338,496365 November 2024
31 March 2023£2,418,737£2,731,304369 November 2023
31 March 2022£2,831,986£2,710,979365 October 2022
31 March 2021£2,709,151£2,616,3873624 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
Unit 6 Block 1, Manor Farm Business Park, Stirling
Website supplied to OSCR
www.venturetrust.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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