01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039099
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 3LH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards - run by independent charity, Scotland’s Finest Woods - celebrate the contribution that woodlands can make to the people of Scotland and to its environment and economic prosperity. ? The underlying principle of the Awards is that people from across Scotland work hard to support their local communities and the environment, and the Awards provide a way to recognise and reward their achievements and so identify exemplars for others to follow. ? The annual Awards programme was first established in 1985. Since 2005 the Awards programme has been managed by a charity which operates as a not-for-profit company. Over time it has expanded to recgonise a wide range of woodland types and initiatives, including schools, new native woods, communitu and commercial woodlands, farm woodlands, climate change and early years projects, and most recently Urban Forestry in 2025.
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
(a) To promote sustarnable woodlands and therr environs for educational, research, environmental, social and recreatlonal purposes for the benefit of local readents, visitors and the publrc In general, (b) To promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the envrronrnental, soclal and recreatlonal potential of trees, woods and forests, (c) To promote, encourage and secure the educational value of Scotland's woodlands and its scenlc and historic quaiities lncludlng the provislon of facilities in the Interests of the physical, soclal and cultural welfare of the people of Scotland as a whole.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £51,156 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £46,255 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 August 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £50,090 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £49,735 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 26 September 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £46,699 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £46,962 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 5 June 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £52,549 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £48,324 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 27 April 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £58,865 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £52,872 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 9 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
- c/o Confor, 22 LG1 Forth Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.sfwa.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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