OSCR Scottish charity profile

Stracathro and Inchbare Community SCIO

ActiveCharity number SC053352
Registered14 May 2024
Main locationAngus
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053352
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
AB30 1QR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

In 2023, a community-wide consultation resulted in an Action Plan summarising the needs and wishes of inhabitants. Stracathro & Inchbare SCIO was established to implement these findings. Work is in three themes: Community and Recreation, Environment and Heritage, and Access to Services. Ten agreed key Actions develop these themes. The immediate need was to secure the future of the much-loved 200 year-old Stracathro Parish Kirk which would replace Inchbare Village Hall as a space and centre for community activities. Donations were raised to purchase the Kirk, which completed in March 2025. Other activities include identifying Trustees, estimation of renovation works, and starting a business plan to guide future actions and needs. The SCIO plans many activities fulfilled by volunteers. These include a community garden, improved access to sites of local heritage, an events programme based in the former kirk, and work to improve local services.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are to benefit the communities of Stracathro and Inchbare, in the county of Angus and visitors thereto, the boundaries of which as shown outlined on the plan ('the Area') by:- 1. advancing citizenship and community development in and for the Area through projects and policies relating to social inclusion, civic responsibility and regeneration and development. 2. advancing environmental protection and/or improvement to include preservation and conservation of the quality of the natural environment. the promotion of sustainable development. the maintenance, improvement or provision of environmental amenities for the community. and/or the preservation of buildings or sites of architectural, historic or other importance to the Area. 3. the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities in the Area, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. and 4. advancing and encouraging an interest in the rich history and heritage of the Area in order to inform members of the public.

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£30,270£0£0£0£0£0£23,270£0£0£0029 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
C/O Stracathro Estates, Brae of Pert, Laurencekirk
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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