OSCR Scottish charity profile

Community Land Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC041864
Registered2 November 2010
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC041864
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
9
Postcode
G51 3UU

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To advance community development in Scotland, by maximising the impact of the community land movement as a major driver for community development across Scotland, and in particular through -promoting and representing the interests of community landowners across Scotland, at all levels of local and national government and their agencies - we do this through our policy and advocacy work around community landownership and land reform -promoting the benefits of community landownership and proactively encouraging new community landowners - we do this through our annual Community Land Festival, our community ownership roadshows, our culture and heritage programme -collaborating with all other relevant membership and support organisations to ensure that appropriate support services are provided to community landowners, in particular access to and uptake of existing services. We work closely with other networks -facilitating networking - through events and knowledge exchange

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To advance community development in Scotland, by maximising the impact of the community land movement as a major driver for community development across Scotland, and in particular through 4.1 promoting and representing the interests of community landowners across Scotland, at all levels of local and national government and their agencies. 4.2 promoting the benefits of community landownership and proactively encouraging new community landowners. 4.3 collaborating with all other relevant membership and support organisations to ensure that appropriate support services are provided to community landowners , in particular access to and uptake of existing services. 4.4 facilitating networking and mutual support amongst community landowners.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£404,913£465,791914 November 2025
31 March 2024£486,932£474,834919 November 2024
31 March 2023£396,583£388,503914 December 2023
31 March 2022£473,837£412,369922 December 2022
31 March 2021£377,994£418,587917 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
c/o Pearce Institute, 860 Govan Road, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.communitylandscotland.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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