01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC003517
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 36
- Postcode
- KY5 8BJ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We were set up to relieve poverty and social isolation within communities in need. Initially this was with an aim to support the local people within a small ex mining community known as Benarty (hence Benarty Regeneration Action Group). The benarty area sites in a rural spot on the Fife/Kinrosshire border Our organisation has the specific aim of supporting those living in poverty whilst also providing routes out of poverty
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
This article 4 shall be interpreted as if it incorporated an over-riding qualification limiting the powers of the Company such that any activity which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of this article may be carried on only if that activity furthers a purpose which is regarded as a Charitable Purpose. Subject to that over-riding qualification, the Company's objects are: (1) to relieve poverty among the residents of the Operating Area. (2) to advance education among the residents of the Operating Area, particularly among young people and the unemployed . (3) to promote and/or provide training in skills in all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist residents of the Operating Area in obtaining paid employment. (4) to promote, establish and operate other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area. and (5) the relief of those in financ ial hardship, suffering discrimination through residing in areas of multiple deprivation, by encouraging inward investment and business start-ups to take place in the Operating Area .
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,996,348 | £2,182,798 | 36 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,421,062 | £2,439,792 | 36 | 6 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,931,891 | £1,963,318 | 36 | 22 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,148,962 | £1,552,978 | 36 | 29 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,190,170 | £1,148,749 | 36 | 19 January 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
- Crosshill Business Centre, Main Street, Crosshill, Lochgelly, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.brag.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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