OSCR Scottish charity profile

Canonbie Public Hall & Playing Field Recreation Centre

ActiveCharity number SC002928
Registered3 October 1960
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC002928
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
DG14 0RT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Manage the public hall, playing field, tennis courts and bowling green and maintain them for the use of the local community

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The said subjects and the buildings erected or to be erected thereon (hereinafter referred to as 'The Trust subjects') are dedicated and shall be held by us and our successors as Trustees for the provision of recreation rooms, lectures, classes and sporting facilities as may be found expedient for the inhabitants of Canonbie in the Dumfries and Galloway Region and its immediate vicinity, without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions subject to the provision of these presents.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£15,639£94,296126 February 2026
30 September 2024£83,831£16,909127 April 2025
30 September 2023£43,039£21,084125 May 2024
30 September 2022£42,722£34,166126 March 2023
30 September 2021£15,911£23,439117 March 2022

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
Whitlawside Cottage, Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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