01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039488
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- PA80 5XT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Andrew Raven Trust is a Scottish charity working with people locally, nationally and globally to explore the challenges presented to rural communities by climate change and the desire for a more sustainable future. The Trust also assists communities to explore their own responses to these issues. The Andrew Raven Trust delivers these aims by enabling and supporting the exchange of knowledge and understanding on a range of related topics between leading thinkers, and practitioners from science, the arts and the humanities. The Trust is committed to bringing together diverse voices in order to achieve as wide a perspective as possible.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
a) The purpose for which the Trust is formed ('the Trust Purpose') is to benefit the communities of Scotland, with particular emphasis upon rural communities, following the principles of sustainable development (where 'sustainable development' means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs), including: (i) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement and the management of land, including community land, and associated assets for the benefit of the community and the public generally. and (ii) the advancement of community development, including regeneration. and (iii) the advancement of education about the environment, science and sustainable development generally and about the heritage, arts and culture of different communities specifically. and (iv) the provision, or assisting in the provision, of recreational facilities, and/or organisation of recreational activities, which will be available to the local community and the public generally.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £20 | £1,488 | 0 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £90 | £1,152 | 0 | 24 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £0 | £1,750 | 0 | 27 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £10,256 | £4,563 | 0 | 7 September 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £4,230 | £4,370 | 0 | 9 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
- Sruthan,, Lochaline, Morvern, Oban, Argyll
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.andrewraventrust.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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