01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033882
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- TD15 1DG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Association has continued to support former members of the King's Own Scottish Borderers and their families and dependants in accordance with its aims and objectives. Applications from K.O.S.B. veterans and their families for welfare assistance and benevolence grants are processed and almonised by RHQ Scots, with financial assistance funded by the Association. The Association also organises and maintains the annual Minden Day Parade through Berwick-upon-Tweed each year.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
3.2. Objects. Subject to Article 3.1, the Company’s objects are: (a) to relieve suffering, hardship and distress and promote the relief of need among (1) Beneficiaries and (2) the wives, widows, husbands, widowers, children and dependents of Beneficiaries by: (i) making grants of money, loans, guarantees and generally by any other financial methods. and (ii) generally by aiding, assisting and promoting the benefit of all such persons and of the Regiment in any manner which is charitable. (b) to hold, maintain, preserve, and supervise the use of Regimental Property.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £88,772 | £100,652 | 4 | 12 June 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £175,372 | £161,835 | 4 | 2 July 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £128,854 | £160,381 | 4 | 8 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £57,178 | £90,085 | 4 | 19 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £53,657 | £85,026 | 4 | 18 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
- KOSB Regimental Headquarters, The Barracks Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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