OSCR Scottish charity profile

1st Strathaven Scout Group Activities Facility Trust

ActiveCharity number SC052919
Registered31 October 2023
Main locationSouth Lanarkshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052919
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
ML10 6AN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to source premises that will help the 1st Strathaven Scout Group grow as the current Scout & Guide Hall has limited capacity. The Scout Group has a huge waiting list and no shortage of trained leaders, but there is nowhere in the hall to put them. The charity does not manage the Scout Group. Its function is to secure funding from grant awarding bodies, build more suitable premises that will allow the Scout Group to create more scout sections, promote the facility as available for hire when the Scout Group is not in session, and to manage and maintain the building. We have applied for the Community Asset Transfer of ground on Lethame Road, Strathaven, but are also looking at derelict land beside an industrial estate off Station Road, Strathaven. At this stage, discussions with South Lanarkshire Council are progressing but we can't yet approach funding bodies. Our architecture is in draft form and will change depending on the final location of the building.

Charitable purposes

  • 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

4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 to benefit the community of Strathaven comprising those within the designated area of Post Code District ML10 and surrounding villages 4.2 the provision, management and organisation of recreational facilities to improve the condition of life for the persons for whom the activities are intended 4.3 the acquisition by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise, and the management, administration and maintenance of premises suitable to further the foregoing purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 October 2024£0£0028 July 2025

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
Colin A Dempster, 39 Bridge Street, Strathaven, Lanarkshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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