OSCR Scottish charity profile

Border Bothies Association

ActiveCharity number SC006486
Registered15 November 1978
Main locationEast Lothian
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC006486
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH32 9EG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

See answer to 1 a)

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

a) To maintain overnight shelters (bothies) in suitable condition where young persons can spend their leisure iin recreational and educational pursuits so that they may learn to know and appreciate the countryside. Members at all times will form the nucleus of the persons using and developing to the full these bothies for the above purposes. b) To co-operate with other organisations to preserve the amenity of the countryside and to help the respective Estates in any way possible.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£3,053£3,72406 April 2026
30 September 2024£3,280£3,05005 February 2025
30 September 2023£5,158£4,279016 January 2024
30 September 2022£3,825£2,956023 November 2022
30 September 2021£2,790£2,654020 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
7 Oswald Terrace, Prestonpans
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.