01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042489
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG7 3PW
OSCR note: Previous Charity name The Glenkens & District Trust from 01 August 2011 to 28 January 2021.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
It is set up to utilise community benefit monies from wind farms in the area and to maximise the outputs from the funds. We have appointed Foundation Scotland as Fund Administrators to support us in this work. We utilise the monies through open grant making, commissioning and targeted grants. we monitor delivery of the projects funded to learn from them. We actively engage with all wind farm developers in the area .
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- 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 makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
3. The purposes of the SCIO are:- 3.1 to advance cit izenship and community development by dist ributing community benefit monies received from renewable energy sources \AliAEI FaFffl Com~nmi~ Benefit FAene·r and other grants, to local groups, organisations, or individuals according to criteria and need as defined from time to time, as well as commissioning and providing funding for, projects that will benefit local communities within the Community Council Areas, 3.2 the advancement of environnnental protection or improvement, including the preservation of conservation of the natural environment or particular parts of it and the promotion of sustainable development. 'Sustainable development' means development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, and 3.3 the prevention or relief of poverty including preventing those who are poor from becoming poorer, as well as preventing those who are at risk of being poor from becoming poor.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £40,972 | £37,898 | 0 | 13 January 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £39,600 | £36,745 | 0 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 August 2023 | £75 | £0 | 0 | 12 February 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £0 | £4,560 | 0 | 3 January 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £11,760 | £7,200 | 0 | 19 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
- Balmaclellan House, Balmaclellan, Castle Douglas, Balmaclellan House, Balmaclellan House
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.glenkenstrust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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