01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC028097
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- EH15 3NX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity was set up to maintain and develop, for the enjoyment and education of the public, the garden established in the 1960s by the Drs Neil, being on a site of some 2 and 1/2 acre adjoining Duddingston Loch together with the Historic Thomson Tower situated at the foot of the garden. The aim is to provide a place of beauty of tranquillity away from the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh. The charity employs a full time gardener who, with the assistance of volunteers, some with vulnerabilities, maintain the planting and the hard landscaping and propagate plants for sale to support the work of the charity. The gardener also conducts groups - adults and children - around the garden and organises workshops and other horticultural and educational events. The Tower provides a venue for exhibitions by local artists, photographers, sculptors, jewellers and potters.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Duddingston Village, Edinburgh and its environs without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, by associating the Local Authority, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to provide, or assist in the provision of, facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants (b) To advance religion by the promotion of Christian principles and, in particular, those which relate to creating and fostering a sense of community (c) To preserve and conserve the natural environment including the flora and fauna and created landscapes within Scotland and in particular those within the environs of Duddingston Village, Edinburgh (d) To advance education (e) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within Scotland and in particular within and in the envirOns of Duddingston Village, Edinburgh
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | £54,173 | £36,218 | 1 | 22 August 2025 |
| 28 February 2024 | £59,627 | £44,021 | 1 | 8 November 2024 |
| 28 February 2023 | £56,882 | £36,738 | 1 | 17 October 2023 |
| 28 February 2022 | £28,806 | £28,578 | 1 | 20 October 2022 |
| 28 February 2021 | £24,154 | £24,093 | 1 | 28 October 2021 |
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
- 5 Duddingston Park South, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.drneilsgarden.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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