# The Gannochy Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC003133
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Jan. 1, 1902
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC003133


## Contact

- **Address:** Kincarrathie House Drive, Pitcullen Crescent, Perth
- **Postcode:** PH2 7HX
- **Website:** www.gannochytrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','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','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

**What the charity does:** The Trust has a wide range of interests and activities including providing homes for affordable rent, managing our 700-acre estate, from woodlands to farms. and grant making across Scotland.  Income to support the Trust's activities is generated from our substantial investments and from rental of our properties.  In all of our work, we strive to deliver our founder A.K. Bell's vision and ideas, emphasising the importance of people and communities.

**Objectives:** 2.	Trust Purposes The purposes of the Trust are:   2.1. 	Housing and lands 2.1.1 To preserve the amenities of Perth and provide housing to those in need by maintaining the model Gannochy Housing Scheme in a trim, tidy and proper condition and renewing, improving, or reconstructing it as the Trustees may deem fit.  2.1.2	To hold the farms (Muirhall, Gannochy and Whinniemuir), until such time as the Trustees think fit to use them, or part of them, for housing, recreation, open spaces, gardens or others, for the benefit of the people of Perth and Kinross.   2.1.3	To manage all houses and lands owned by the Trust in their absolute discretion as though they were beneficial owners, in furtherance of the Trust Purposes.  2.2.	Recreation and amenity  2.2.1	To maintain the Doo-cot Park and Pavilion in proper condition for recreational purposes and to provide instructors, groundsmen and other staff and tools as the Trustees think necessary.  2.2.2	To equip and maintain Quarrymill Park as a place of public amenity.  2.2.3	To lay out Lower Bellwood Park as a recreation park and garden for the benefit of the citizens of Perth.  2.2.4	To actively encourage use of the Trust’s land and buildings to improve the quality of life for people in Perth and Kinross.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Perth And Kinross
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £5760833 | £9979152 |  -  | 16 |  |
| June 30, 2024 | £5832554 | £7635889 |  -  |  -  |  |
| June 30, 2023 | £4000124 | £7885799 |  -  |  -  |  |
| June 30, 2022 | £3543257 | £9797124 |  -  |  -  |  |
| June 30, 2021 | £3526936 | £6648136 |  -  |  -  |  |