OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Beyond the Earth Foundation

Known as BtE

ActiveCharity number SC048652
Registered27 August 2018
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048652
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH48 1SB
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OSCR note: Further Objects. c) To support the conservation of celestial heritage sites/ artefacts with partnering foundations while also advancing intelligible artifices and other graphic elements that can be adopted by similar projects for deep time/ space communication strategies. d) To advance peer-led research, ethical considerations and promote public knowledge on these investigations that aim to address some of the most profound questions facing human culture and its' democratic proliferation within outer space. e) To encourage international, cooperative learning between different ethnic backgrounds, language speakers and parties with specific accessibility requirements across national borders in order to collectively undertake these common, multifaceted challenges. f) To promote the importance of supporting cooperative, international learning over multigenerational time intervals and conduct analysis on the societal implications for partaking within this temporal dialogue over the course of foundation activities.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Essentially, to support thinking in the long-term, and generate educational materials which will inspire others to contribute to longer-term visions and stewardship legacies.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

o To cultivate an essential research program “After the Horizon”, material which is centred upon documenting long-term human legacies. crucial records primarily intended to be beneficial for posterity stewardship applications. o To establish an introductory, micro-etched archive that will ensure the preservation of this catalogue of information over intervals of deep time. the 'Companion Guide to Earth' archive. o To responsibly communicate the enduring nature of these perennial legacies, and potential adverse impacts, to contemporary audiences. o To foster unique outreach and engagement projects within these diverse subject areas for the betterment of these contemporary audiences. o To produce a variety of educational research publications and other materials needed for the above long-term applications. o To contribute peer-led research, ethical considerations and public knowledge to qualitative investigations that aim to address some of the profound questions facing posterity generations. o To encourage international, cooperative learning between different ethnic backgrounds, language speakers and parties with specific accessibility requirements across national borders. o To support similar initiatives through the sharing of research resources that will facilitate the above aims. o To strengthen responsible stewardship of common environmental resources in the present day.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£225£88305 December 2025
31 March 2024£180£182019 December 2024
31 March 2023£180£177028 December 2023
31 March 2022£180£17709 December 2022
31 March 2021£175£219014 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
6 Boghall Drive, Bathgate, West Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
www.beyondtheearth.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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