01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048055
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 17
- Postcode
- W1G 0PW
OSCR note: Previous name - The Prince's Countryside Fund from 12/01/2018 to 14/09/2023
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Charity are: 2.1 the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in farming and/or rural areas. 2.2 the advancement of education in all matters relating to farming and/or rural areas. 2.3 the prevention or relief of poverty in farming and/or rural areas. 2.4 the advancement of health in farming and/or rural areas. 2.5 the promotion, for the benefit of the public, of any charitable purposes and in particular charitable purposes connected with rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation throughout the UK by all or any of the following means: (a) the relief of financial hardship. (b) the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience. and (c) the provision of financial assistance to promote employment opportunities in farming and/or rural areas.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £4,107,487 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,940,485 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 26 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,500,162 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,845,760 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 17 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,891,308 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,455,583 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 12 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,379,389 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,099,160 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 20 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,575,547 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,242,522 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 31 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
- The Royal Countryside Fund, 13th Floor, 33 Cavendish Square, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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