OSCR Scottish charity profile

St Mary's School, Melrose

ActiveCharity number SC009352
Registered1 November 1946
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC009352
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
53
Postcode
TD6 9LN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

St Mary's School, Melrose is a charitable company founded in 1945. St. Mary’s co-educational day, flexi and weekly boarding prep school . St. Mary’s Prep School prides itself on the highest possible standards in all areas of the curriculum – in academics and through sport, expressive arts, outdoor learning and clubs. The flexi-weekly boarding on offer is immensely popular due to a non-compulsory element to the provision. Pupils board because they want to, not because they have to, and the mix of experience, energy and youthfulness among the boarding staff in state of the art boarding facilities is second-to-none.. The only prep school in the heart of the Borders with excellent links to Edinburgh on the Borders Railway and this has opened up all sorts of opportunities to working parents looking for first class wrap around care in the form of a quality education for young people from 2-13 years of age.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects for which the School is established are: To provide a school for the education of pupils under 13 years old of either sex and in furtherance of this object:- (a) To own, operate, maintain, develop and promote St. Mary's School, Abbey Park, High Street, Melrose, TD6 9LN. (b) To promote education generally and in particular the education of Boys and Girls. (c) To provide facilities for systematic education, instruction and study in various branches of knowledge, including classical, linguistic, mathematical, scientific, literary, artistic, musical and other cognate subjects. and to employ Headmasters, Lecturers, Teachers and others for giving lectures, demonstrations, instruction and teaching on such subjects. (d) To grant and establish or join or concur in the granting and establishment of prizes, exhibitions, scholarships, bursaries, fellowships, lectureships, professorships or others connected with the School. to make payments of or towards the expenses of pupils or scholars by way of traveling grants or for research or otherwise. and to pay for or provide board and maintenance for pupils or scholars or other persons attending St Mary's School. (e) To enter into arrangements or to act in conjunction with Educational Authorities, Associations, Institutions others, if thought or expedient for the effectual attainment of the objects for which the School is established.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£2,374,919£2,562,8305329 May 2026
31 August 2024£2,590,292£2,457,4605315 May 2025
31 August 2023£2,405,385£2,230,8035330 April 2024
31 August 2022£2,091,187£2,092,4805310 March 2023
31 August 2021£1,927,648£1,952,141532 May 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
Abbey Park, Melrose
Website supplied to OSCR
www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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