01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051425
- 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
- EH48 4LL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Bathgate Hills Venture SCIO is set up to celebrate, protect and enhance the natural beauty and heritage of the Bathgate hills, with projects for, led by and driven by the local communities that surround the hills. This is undertaken through community engagement and periodic collaboration with other appropriate organisations and charities on targeted projects.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Purposes 3 Purposes: - The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science - The advancement of education - The advancement of citizenship or community development - The advancement of environmental protection or improvement In furtherance of these purposes Bathgate Hills Venture SCIO will: celebrate, protect and enhance the natural beauty and heritage of the Bathgate hills, with projects for, led by and driven by the local communities that surround the hills. This will be undertaken through community engagement and periodic collaboration with other appropriate organisations and charities on targeted projects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,711 | £4,182 | 0 | 6 April 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
- Mill Cottage, 4 Ballencrieff Mill, Balmuir Road, Bathgate
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://bathgatehills.co.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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