01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC034227
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 399
- Postcode
- TD6 0SA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The company’s objects are to provide or assist, primarily for the benefit of the community and visitors of all ages to the administrative area of the Scottish Borders and any surrounding areas, each of the following: the advancement of: the arts, heritage, culture and science. health through helping people improve or maintain their health. education through the wide variety of facilities, services, programmes, training courses and cultural arts, heritage and science events, activities, collections and exhibitions which are provided by or organised through Live Borders. community development and rural regeneration. and the provision of facilities and services areas for recreational, sporting or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare, such facilities being provided to the public at large save that special facilities may be provided for persons who may have need of special facilities and services.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
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
The Company's objects are to provide or assist primarily for the benefit of the community and visitors of all ages to the administrative area of the Scottish Borders and any surrounding areas each of the following: (a) the advancement of: (i) the arts, heritage, culture and science. (ii) health through helping people improve or maintain their health (iii) education through the wide variety of facilities, services, programmes, training courses and cultural, arts, heritage and science events, activities, collections and exhibitions which are provided by or organised through Live Borders. (iv) community development and rural regeneration. and (b) the provision of facilities and services areas for recreational, sporting or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare, such facilities being provided to the public at large save that special facilities may be provided for persons who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social or economic circumstances may have need of special facilities and services.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £13,063,835 | £13,145,739 | 399 | 9 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £11,732,011 | £12,876,292 | 399 | 5 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £11,053,610 | £12,498,428 | 399 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £9,624,721 | £10,712,382 | 399 | 20 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £9,660,975 | £8,710,921 | 399 | 15 November 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
- Live Borders Ltd, Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.liveborders.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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