OSCR Scottish charity profile

Social Farms and Gardens

ActiveCharity number SC039440
Registered19 March 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC039440
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
18
Postcode
SY16 4HX
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OSCR note: Former Name- from 19/03/2008 to 24/07/2018 Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(1) promoting the development of the community at large without discrimination by bringing together statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and the general public in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation, with the object of improving the quality of life of the public at large, including children, young people, socially excluded people, elderly people, disabled people and otherwise disadvantaged people. (2) advancing the education of the public at large in horticulture, agriculture, conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, the reduction, re-use and recycling of resources, the use of renewable resources, respect for the environment, sustainable development, animal welfare, community cohesion, citizenship, life skills, the promotion of equality and other related subjects, so that their quality of life may be improved. (3) providing education and training for persons who have need of such facilities, including children, young people, socially excluded people, elderly people, disabled people and otherwise disadvantaged people, so as to prepare them for any trade, occupation or service and thereby advance them in life or enable them to earn their own livelihood. (4) advancing education in the care and consideration of all animals, so that the public will learn greater awareness of and appreciation for such animals. (5) providing relief by way of therapeutic and recreational activities and facilities to persons who have need of such facilities, including disabled people and otherwise disadvantaged people.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£1,305,824£1,113,9311823 December 2025
31 March 2024£1,375,559£1,441,6811814 March 2025
31 March 2023£1,464,930£1,610,527181 July 2024
31 March 2022£1,499,993£1,374,9271819 December 2022
31 March 2021£1,815,337£1,718,1761817 December 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
Pen Dinas Community Garden, Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys
Website supplied to OSCR
www.farmgarden.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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