01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043722
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH8 8DL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Carrick Futures is a funder which distributes community benefit payments from windfarms in the form of grants which provide community benefit in South Carrick.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- 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
The company has been formed to benefit the community of Carrick and, in particular, the communities of Ballantrae, Barr, Barrhill, Colmonell and Lendalfoot, Girvan, Pinwherry and Pinmore ('the Community') with the following objects :- 4.1 To promote, for the public benefit, rural regeneration within the Community which shall include the promotion of trade and industry within the Community, for the benefit of the general public. 4.2 To advance environmental protection and/or improvement within the Community and in particular through 4.2.1 the provision, maintenance and/or improvement of public open space and other public amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefits so arising clearly outweigh any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners). and 4.2.2 encouraging the more efficient use of the world's resources, and in particular greater use of renewable energy sources so as (a) to minimise the proliferation of mines, wells and other extraction facilities which degrade the natural environment and (b) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus avoid the damage to the natural environment caused by global warming. 4.4 To provide recreational facilities and/or to organise recreational activities, within the Community, with such facilities/activities being available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.5 To advance heritage through preserving, for the benefit of the general public, the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around the Community in buildings (including any structure or erection and any part of a building as so defined) of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest. 4.6 To prevent or relieve poverty among the residents of the Community. MAXIMUM TEXT REACHED. CONTACT CHARITY DIRECTLY FOR FULL DOCUMENT.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £517,334 | £726,368 | 0 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £507,718 | £7,154 | 0 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £420,220 | £330,086 | 0 | 18 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £398,160 | £213,970 | 0 | 14 September 2022 |
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 Foundation Scotland, 15 Calton Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.carrickfutures.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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