OSCR Scottish charity profile

Rhet Scottish Borders Countryside Initiative

ActiveCharity number SC034241
Registered27 February 2003
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC034241
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
101-250 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
TD3 6JY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The principal activity of the charity is to introduce children to all aspects of the countryside, giving them a balanced view of how their food is produced and how farming supports the environment. This is achieved by classroom talks by farmers and taking the children out of school and onto working farms.

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 advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Company is established for charitable objects and purposes only and, in particular, to advance public education by (i) the promotion and encouragement of the dissemination of information concerning Scottish wildlife, agriculture, forestry, rural industries and the countryside (ii) increasing the general public's awareness of their symbiosis with the biological diversity, rural environment, countryside life and economy of Scotland (iii) improving the general public's understanding of the policies and actions necessary to sustain long-tam food and timber production, and provision for wildlife and its habitats and (iv) by carrying out and developing at a local level the activities of the charitable body with which the Company is and shall (subject as aftermentioned) remain affiliated, namely, The Royal Highland Education Trust (a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in ScotIand with registered number 123813, and being Scottish charity number SC007492, hereinafter referred to as 'RHET'). the operations of the Company to be confined to the designated geographical area known generally as RHET Scottish Borders Countryside Initiative area (hereinafter referred to as the 'RHET SBCI area'), being the present local authority areas of Scottish Borders.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
28 February 2025£52,357£36,48005 June 2025
28 February 2024£43,174£42,684016 May 2024
28 February 2023£24,582£31,076030 May 2023
28 February 2022£10,693£1,992010 June 2022
28 February 2021£3,085£2,20706 September 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
East Gordon Farm, East Gordon, Berwickshire, Berwickshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Royal Highland Educational Trust · SC007492

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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