01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045971
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- EH49 7EX
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 17 March 2021 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number:SC427879, company name:Linlithgow Community Development Trust (LCDT))
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are a Community Development Trust. Formed by residents to deliver change to benefit our community. We enable the people who work, live and play in the Linlithgow ward to use local knowledge for community benefit. We work with residents of all ages and backgrounds and have a no barriers approach so anyone who wants to get involved can. We focus within 3 priority areas: • Environmental Initiatives - Encouraging waste reduction, resource reuse, and recycling within the community. promoting energy efficiency, encouraging sustainable transportation options, developing friendly green spaces, supporting local food production. • Improving Community Health and Wellbeing - Building connections, reducing social isolation, improving mental and physical health and well-being, increasing learning and skill-building • Community Engagement -Empowering residents to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to create community benefit and capacity-building.
Charitable purposes
- 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 or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The SCIO's purposes are to benefit principally the communities of Linlithgow which comprises those communities that lie within Linlithgow Ward. The ward includes Linlithgow, Linlithgow Bridge, Bridgend, Philipstoun and Threemiletown, rural Beecraigs and Acredales, rural Kettleston Mains to Wester Woodside and rural Newton ('the Community') with the following objects: 4.1 The advancement of citizenship or community development principally within the Community. 4.2 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement 4.3 But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering theachievement of sustainable development.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £268,608 | £233,996 | 6 | 11 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £161,434 | £151,491 | 6 | 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £152,625 | £167,396 | 6 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £39,596 | £70,313 | 6 | 20 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £170,930 | £80,250 | 6 | 17 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
- EH49 Hub, 6-7 The Vennel, Linlithgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.trust-linlithgow.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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