01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051703
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 6EF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Maclean Foundation is a family charity with the mission of creating positive change through the provision of clean water. The charity is working with trusted partner organisations to deliver clean water projects in the most deprived countries on the planet. In the year April 24-25, the charity's impact was delivered entirely through Feedback Madagascar (SC023568), who work with communities in the southeast of Madagascar to build boreholes (e.g. cantilever boreholes, solar powered water towers and gravity fed boreholes). These projects are maintained by Feedback Madagascar, with water purity testing taking place once a year.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The charitable purposes are: - The relief of poverty, sickness and distress amongst people in need throughout the world (henceforth the/those 'Areas') with particular attention being given to areas within the continent of Africa, starting in the state of Madagascar. - The advancement of education of the general public concerning such people within those Areas and the natural environment of those Areas. - Giving people living within those Areas access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation through the digging of boreholes and any other such effective means. - The advancement of primary and secondary education in those Areas. - The preservation of the natural environment in those Areas for the benefit of the local public by: (i) the prevention or limitation of damage to the environment. and (ii) by the carrying out of conservation work within those Areas. - The provision, or the assistance in the provision, of facilities of all kinds for the promotion and support of the health care of people living
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 30 April 2025 | £119,992 | £60,423 | 0 | 30 January 2026 |
| 30 April 2024 | £189,675 | £119,995 | 0 | 31 January 2025 |
| 30 April 2023 | £18,421 | £5,029 | 0 | 31 January 2024 |
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
- 14/2 Gloucester Place, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.themacleanbrothers.com/tmf/the-maclean-foundation
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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