OSCR Scottish charity profile

Blue Carbon Trust

ActiveCharity number SC054095
Registered26 March 2025
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC054095
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH4 3EB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To support the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of blue carbon habitats - seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, and saltmarshes - for their critical role in carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and coastal resilience. We do this through funding established organisations who are delivering projects that align with these aims. We do not run our own projects.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

To protect and restore coastal and marine ecosystems as vital blue carbon sinks To work in partnership with local communities to combat climate change, enhance biodiversity, and secure sustainable livelihoods. To promote innovation, collaboration, and stewardship in the achievement of the above aims.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

1 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£50,375£22,482030 June 2026

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
40 Ravelston Dykes, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.bluecarbon.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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