Grantscape

What the charity does

GrantScape's main activity is grant-making from donations received from landfill operators under the Landfill Communities Fund. The charity also delivers grant and community benefit programmes in other sectors, such as wind and solar energy and provides grant administration services to other organisations.

Charitable objects

To promote the protection, preservation and improvement of the environment for the benefit of the public and such other exclusively charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales concerning the environment its conservation and protection and in particular (without limiting the generality of the foregoing wording): 3.1 to promote reclamation, remediation, restoration or any other operation to facilitate the economic, social or environmental use of land where its use has been prevented or restricted by pollution damage because of its previous use;3.2 to promote any operation intended to prevent or reduce any potential causes for pollution or to remedy or mitigate the effects of any pollution or land which has suffered or may suffer pollution as a result of a previous activity carried out on the land; 3.3 to promote research and development (including the dissemination of the useful results of that research) and to educate the public in the benefits of sustainable waste management practices; 3.4 to promote research and development (including the dissemination of the useful results of that research) and to educate the public in the benefits of recycling waste;3.5 to promote the provision, maintenance or improvement of a public park, recreation ground, open space or other public amenity for the protection of the environment provided that they shall not be operated for profit;3.6 to promote, where it is for the protection of the environment, and in particular the built environment, the maintenance, repair or restoration of a building or other structure which is a place of religious worship or of historical architectural interest, which is open to the public; 3.7 to promote, where it is for the protection and preservation of the environment, biodiversity of the natural habitat of land or in water;3.8 to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities by the provision of support and administration, management, accountancy, business development or other similar services to charities;3.9 to promote the effective use of resources for charitable purposes by charitable and non-charitable bodies by the provision of support and administration, management, accountancy, business development or other similar services:provided that, as required by regulation 33 of the landfill tax regulations 1996, the objects set out in this clause shall be deemed not to extend to the carrying out of works which at the time they are carried out are required wholly or partly to be carried out by a notice or order within the meaning of regulation 33(4) Or a relevant condition as defined by regulation 33(10), or the accrual of any benefit to any person who has carried out or knowingly permitted the previous use in question, or (in the case of clause 3.5) the operation of any such public parks or other public amenities or facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation with a view to profit.

Area of benefit: Not Defined. in Practice England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Governing document: Memorandum and articles of association incorporated 29 september 2003 as amended 24th june 2005, and 16 july 2007.As amended by special resolution(s) Dated 28 jun 2021