# Glenkens & District Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC042489
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Aug. 1, 2011
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC042489


## Contact

- **Address:** Balmaclellan House, Balmaclellan, Castle Douglas, Balmaclellan House, Balmaclellan House
- **Postcode:** DG7 3PW
- **Website:** https://www.glenkenstrust.org.uk



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** 'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement'

**What the charity does:** It is set up to utilise community benefit monies from wind farms in the area and to maximise the outputs from the funds.  We have appointed Foundation Scotland as Fund Administrators to support us in this work.  We utilise the monies through open grant making, commissioning and targeted grants. we monitor delivery of the projects funded to learn from them.  We actively engage with all wind farm developers in the area .

**Beneficiaries:** 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

**Objectives:** 3. The purposes of the SCIO are:- 3.1 to advance cit izenship and community development by dist ributing community benefit monies received from renewable energy sources \AliAEI FaFffl Com~nmi~ Benefit FAene·r and other grants, to local groups, organisations, or individuals according to criteria and need as defined from time to time, as well as commissioning and providing funding for, projects that will benefit local communities within the Community Council Areas, 3.2 the advancement of environnnental protection or improvement, including the preservation of conservation of the natural environment or particular parts of it and the promotion of sustainable development. 'Sustainable development' means development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, and 3.3 the prevention or relief of poverty including preventing those who are poor from becoming poorer, as well as preventing those who are at risk of being poor from becoming poor.





## Geography

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £40972 | £37898 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £39600 | £36745 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £75 | £0 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £0 | £4560 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £11760 | £7200 |  -  |  -  |  |