OSCR Scottish charity profile

Roxburgh and Berwickshire Citizens Advice Bureau

ActiveCharity number SC010123
Registered14 January 1980
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC010123
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
10
Postcode
TD9 9EA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Roxburgh & Berwickshire Citizens Advice Bureau is here to offer free, impartial and confidential advice through our 4 offices, over the phone and by email. We deliver support and guidance on a range of topics, giving people the information they need to deal with any situation and improve their lives. Please make an appointment to speak to one of our highly trained advisors. Every year Roxburgh & Berwickshire Citizens Advice Bureau works with clients and helps resolve issues. As a registered charity, we rely on donations and the work of our volunteers to continue to provide these important services.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

2. The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit in Roxburgh and Berwickshire ('the area of local benefit') and elsewhere, by: (i) The advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. (ii) The relief of those in need by assessing clients entitlement to welfare benefits, by providing assistance in claiming benefits and by assisting them to appeal against refusal to benefits and by doing so ensure they do not suffer from poverty. (iii) The advancement of civil and human rights by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their civil and human rights and by taking such actions as are intended to redress the situation and redress wrongs and restore justice. (iv) Advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients problems and alleviates the injury, stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. (v) Advancement of community development by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Citizens Advice Bureau who in turn assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the development of their community.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£010Not supplied
31 March 2025£333,395£371,3931024 September 2025
31 March 2024£471,677£382,3561010 October 2024
31 March 2023£299,592£309,0571010 August 2023
31 March 2022£340,367£274,3671011 August 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
1 Towerdykeside, HAWICK
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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