OSCR Scottish charity profile

Cove in Bloom

Known as Cove & Altens in Bloom

ActiveCharity number SC049414
Registered27 June 2019
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC049414
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB12 3TS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Cove in Bloom work to improve and enhance the area of Cove & Altens. We aim to make this an attractive and enjoyable place to live as well as celebrating the history of the area. The three historical industries are farming, largely in the Altens area. fishing, based in the old fishing village beside Cove Harbour. and quarrying, on the hillside above the harbour. In addition to the floral enhancements, we’ve added various displays to commemorate these industries, horse drawn ploughs and other implements for farming, standing heritage stones for quarrying, and a sculpture based around Isie Caie, who was the last fishwife in Cove, for the fishing industry. Further, we have a reminder of our more recent heritage by way of the oil industry ornaments at the community garden on Cove Road. We look after numerous beds, planters and other areas.

Charitable purposes

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

The organisation's purposes are: The enhancement of public areas and areas to which the public have access within the community of Cove and Altens and its surrounding area and the advancement of environmental improvement, and in furtherance of this. To preserve the heritage of the area for the public benefit in the community of Cove and Altens. To educate and assist in horticultural activities and assist in improvement of the surroundings. To encourage the use by the public and management of these areas for the public benefit To work in partnership with other bodies to further these purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£3,513£0£0£0£0£0£3,916£0£0£0019 February 2026
31 July 2024£1,641£0£0£0£0£0£2,071£0£0£0018 March 2025
31 July 2023£3,223£0£0£0£0£0£5,177£0£0£005 April 2024
31 July 2022£4,412£0£0£0£0£0£7,705£0£0£0026 October 2022
31 July 2021£3,609£0£0£0£0£0£1,066£0£0£0013 March 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
South Loirston, Cove, 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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