OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Scottish Forestry Trust SCIO

ActiveCharity number SC053147
Registered28 February 2024
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053147
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
EH1 3LH
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OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Scottish Forestry Trust, SC008465 Scottish Forestry Trust, SC008465 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to The Scottish Forestry Trust SCIO, SC053147

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Scottish Forestry Trust was established in 1983 and our role is to provide funds by way of grants, to support research, training and education in forestry (in its broadest sense) throughout the UK. The Trust supports projects throughout the whole of the UK provided they can demonstrate a direct benefit to improving knowledge and practise in UK forestry and woodland management. the woodland ecosystem and the processes and products derived from UK woodlands.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The organisation's purposes are: (a) The advancement of education (including through training and research) in forestry and timber technologies in the United Kingdom. (b) The advancement of science including through the promotion of research, the application of science and the results of research to aid technical efficiency in forestry and timber technologies in the United Kingdom. (c) The advancement of environmental protection and/or improvement through promotion of the conservation of rare and special woodlands.

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£01Not supplied
31 March 2025£311,486£0£0£0£0£0£175,824£0£0£0122 December 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
Lower Ground Floor, 22 Forth Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.scottishforestrytrust.org.uk/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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