01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC014099
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH45 8QP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity runs and maintains a property to provide subsidised holidays for retired miners and their families. It also lets out the property to enable extra funds so that the property can be maintained to a high standard
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) The property, funds, assets and income of the Trust shall be applied for the provision of convalescent facilities for the benefit of such of (i) persons who are or have been employed in the coal mining industry, (ii) the wives,husbands and dependant relatives of such persons and (iii) the widows, widowers and necessitous relatives of deceased persons who were in their lifetime employed in the mining industry who are by reason of disease, sickness, infirmity, disability or handicap in need of convalescent care, all of whom are hereinafter referred to as 'the beneficiaries'. (2) The Trustees shall have absolute discretion in the grant or refusal of relief to any beneficiary. However, in exercising their discretion, the Trustees shall give particular weight to applications by or by those related to persons who are or have been employed in the coal mining industry in Scotland.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £115,890 | £105,325 | 0 | 8 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £90,596 | £107,614 | 0 | 29 July 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £112,533 | £103,045 | 0 | 28 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £76,017 | £108,486 | 0 | 16 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £46,297 | £67,334 | 0 | 23 January 2023 |
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
- Millbank, Eddleston, Peebles
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.whattonlodge.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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