OSCR Scottish charity profile

Ellon and District Sports Development Trust

Known as The Meadows

ActiveCharity number SC045921
Registered20 August 2015
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045921
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
10
Postcode
AB41 9QJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity provides and organises recreational facilities to advance the public participation in sport to the residents of Ellon and the surrounding area by maintaining, managing and administering the Meadows Sports Centre

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: To advance public participation in sport. To provide and organise recreational facilities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, namely the residents of Ellon and the surrounding areas. BY: 4.1 Maintaining, managing and administering the Meadows Sports Centre and adjoining car park located at Ellon and on lease from Aberdeenshire Council at reasonable cost. 4.2 Managing and administering sports facilities located at Ellon on behalf of or in partnership with Aberdeenshire Council. 4.3 Providing a range of community learning, sporting and leisure based opportunities to individuals and community groups, based within the area of Ellon and surrounding areas, at reasonable cost. 4.4 To be non-party-political and non-sectarian in all its activities.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£373,660£384,2821030 April 2026
31 July 2024£719,272£350,8291030 April 2025
31 July 2023£318,455£257,2741027 February 2024
31 July 2022£287,451£270,780105 July 2023
31 July 2021£339,446£191,0981013 December 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
The Meadows Sports Centre, Meadows Way, Ellon
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.meadowssportscentre.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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