01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050634
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG8 8NB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Programmes for young people: delivery of Forest School to seven primary schools in in the Machars as part of the school day Regular Volunteer activities: Monitoring Mondays and Monday Work Party sessions Citizen science activities – e.g carrying out woodland condition assessments and recording wildlife Managing the forest in partnership with FLS to ensure wider access, maintain forest health and encourage biodiversity
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
4 The organisation's purposes are the: 4.1 advancement of education about Kilsture Forest. 4.2 promotion of health through activities in Kilsture Forest. 4.3 advancement of environmental protection in promoting the wellbeing and sustainability of Kilsture Forest. 4.4 promotion of arts, heritage, culture and science . 4.5 the provision of recreational facilities or activities in Kilsture Forest. and
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 2026 | £28,599 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £28,985 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £21,271 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £13,710 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 17 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £10,790 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,425 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 6 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,400 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £392 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 10 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,751 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,405 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 25 January 2023 |
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
- Kettle Cottage, Glasserton, Whithorn, Newton Stewart
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Kilstureforest.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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