01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC040730
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH38 5AY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To provide or support provision of facilities for.-recreation, education and training, community development, restore and improve the environment, relieve poverty, financial hardship and unemployment within the area, relieve sickness and preserve ad promote heath. Provision of funds to help establish new community groups and support existing groups across the 4 parishes within the operating area
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
(a) To provide or support the provision of facilities within the Operating Area, for recreation and other leisure time occupation available to the public at large, in the interests of social welfare so that their conditions of life may be improved. (b) To advance education and training and to promote opportunities for learning for the benefit of the general public in the Operating Area, including but not limited to providing or supporting the provision of facilities for education and training at schools or other organisations within the Operating Area. (c) To advance community development by promoting the voluntary sector and the effectiveness of charities and co-operation between such bodies within the Operating Area. (d) To preserve, restore and improve the environment in the Operating Area through the provision, maintenance and/or improvement of public open space and other public amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects and the promotion of sustainable development. (e) To prevent or relieve poverty, financial hardship or unemployment within the Operating Area. (f) To relieve sickness and preserve and promote health among people within the Operating Area. (g) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes and projecst of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £84,810 | £46,671 | 0 | 13 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £81,754 | £76,340 | 0 | 6 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £78,285 | £45,628 | 0 | 28 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £71,298 | £33,167 | 0 | 11 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £72,435 | £242,009 | 0 | 17 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
- 5 Shoestanes Cottage, Heriot, Scottish Borders
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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