# The Younger (Benmore) Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC000284
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** April 5, 1930
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC000284


## Contact

- **Address:** 107 Alexander Street, DUNOON, Argyll
- **Postcode:** PA23 7PY



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement'

**What the charity does:** The Younger (Benmore) Trust makes funds available for such agreed projects in the Garden as come within the aims of the Trust but which cannot readily be funded from normal Botanic Garden sources. The Trust periodically also makes funds available to assist garden staff in furthering their knowledge of silvicultural and botanical practices and it may provide student incentives from time to time. The purposes include the advancement of education, the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, the advancement of environmental protection or improvement.

**Objectives:** Without prejudice to these presents in all other respects. but the conveyance hereby made is granted in trust always and for the ends, uses and purposes hereinafter mentioned, videlicet:- the revenue to be received by the Trustees from the feuduties and the rents or other proceeds of the subjects hereby disponed shall, after paying all expenses of management, taxes, and other necessary outlays, be used by the Trustees for the maintenance of the amenity utility and beauty of the Policies and Gardens of Benmore House and for the prosecution of research and the advancement of education in botany and sylviculture at Benmore.... Declaring that in the event of Benmore ceasing to be used for the prosecution of research and the advancement of education in botany and sylviculture, the Trustees shall thereupon denude of the said Trust and shall reconvey and dispose to me or my foresaids the whole of the subjects hereby conveyed by me in trust.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Argyll And Bute
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £25334 | £13904 |  -  | 0 | [PDF](/sc/SC000284/files/2025-03-31-accounts.pdf) (4.4 MB) |
| March 31, 2024 | £24102 | £10405 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £24547 | £24226 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £22868 | £47239 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £27372 | £68363 |  -  | 0 |  |