OSCR Scottish charity profile

Craigielands Community Woodlands

ActiveCharity number SC053132
Registered20 February 2024
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053132
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
DG10 9RE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity's purpose is to operate Craigielands Wood as a community asset, by & for the residents of Kirkpatrick Juxta parish, including Beattock village. The medium term objectives are: 1 To conduct nature walks, and educational training sessions in woodland skills & activities 2 To provide a network of facilities for woodland walkers - paths, benches, waymarks, picnic tables, information boards, and dog poo bins 3 To create access to natural and manmade features within the wood, such as viewpoints, grotto, waterfalls, millpool, & wartime bunker 4 To generate modest annual revenues from sale of timber products, to provide for woodland maintenance costs In this current start-up phase, while the woodland remains a State asset, owned and managed by FLS, the charity is focussed on: 1 engaging with community members, encouraging their enthusiasm & support for the community woodland project 2 negotiating with FLS & SLF towards woodland acquisition, through CATS transfer.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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 has been formed to benefit the community of Beattock and District defined by the boundary of Kirkpatrick Juxta Community Council (KJCC) (the 'Community'), with the following purposes (the 'Purposes'): 4.1 The advancement of education, 4.2 The advancement of health, 4.3 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science 4.4 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, 4.5 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£12,547£0£0£0£0£0£12,250£0£0£007 November 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
Shaws of Craigielands, Beattock, Moffat, Please select region, state or provinc
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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