OSCR Scottish charity profile

Gravitate North East

Known as NETCO

ActiveCharity number SC046136
Registered16 November 2015
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046136
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB15 4AD
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OSCR note: Previous Name-North East Trail Centre Organisation From 16/11/2015 to 17/04/2019

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The organisation aims to grow public participation in mountain biking across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire by providing trails, facilities and organised activities that improve quality of life for the local community. It also works to protect and improve the environment around mountain biking areas, while helping riders enjoy the outdoors safely and responsibly. In addition, the organisation supports community development by working with local communities to share and improve services, land and buildings, and by encouraging pride, identity and participation through mountain biking.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The Organisation has been formed for the following purposes (the “Purposes”): 4.1 The advancement of public participation in Mountain Biking in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Particularly, to provide recreational facilities for mountain biking, or the organisation of recreational activities for mountain biking, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended (the “Community”). 4.2 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement of the area of the mountain biking facilities and adjacent areas. Including to provide mountain bikers with the knowledge and understanding to explore the outdoors in a safe and responsible manner. 4.3 The advancement of citizenship or community development. by collaborating with the communities, outside the mountain biking community, where we are based to share and develop services, land and buildings. and to develop a sense of pride and identity in those communities through participation and performance in mountain biking.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 November 2025£5,324£173031 July 2026
30 November 2024£52£87025 April 2025
30 November 2023£1,178£1,499025 April 2025
30 November 2022£20,029£26,401027 August 2023
30 November 2021£3,731£11,46807 July 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
89 Beaconsfield Place, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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