OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Bridge 19-40 Union Canal Society (SCIO)

ActiveCharity number SC052003
Registered13 September 2022
Main locationWest Lothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052003
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
EH52 6HN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To promote awareness of the Union Canal and its benefits and helping people to understand the canal's history. to provide recreational activities, facilities and activities using our passenger boat, Heatherbell. to promote, encourage and assist in the restoration and maintenance of the Union Canal using our workboat, Roseann and to do all things necessary to that end but not limited to litter picking, trimming vegetation and removing obstacles from the water

Charitable purposes

  • 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

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

2.1 The organisation is established solely for charitable purposes within the district of West Lothian and for the following purposes - 2.1.1 To advance heritage by promoting awareness of the Union Canal and its benefits and helping people to understand the canal's history. 2.1.2 To provide recreational activities facilities and activities for our members with the primary aim of improving their conditions of life through social interaction and leisure time activity and to the public at large, by encouraging them to experience the tranquillity of the canal from the water on our passenger boat. 2.1.3 To promote, encourage and assist in the restoration, maintenance and use of the Union Canal particularly around Broxburn, Winchburgh and Philpstoun as an amenity, and recreational waterway, and to do all things necessary to that end including but not limited to litter picking, trimming vegetation, and removing obstacles from the water using our workboat.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£16,505£24,891031 May 2026
30 September 2024£8,941£31,417031 May 2025
30 September 2023£0£0014 May 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
43 Port Buchan, Broxburn, West Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.bridge19-40.co.uk/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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