01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043290
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- TD1 1ER
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
to make grants to local charitable and youth organisations, local persons, national charities, providing housing to elderly persons
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- 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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- 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
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
A for the advancement of health and education:- (i) by making grants to or to assist in the constitution of any association, club or other organisation, the objects of which are devoted to the provision of facilities for the education, including training in all manner of arts and crafts, and physical culture of the townspeople of whatever age of Galashiels or neighbourhood (hereinafter called 'Galashiels') (ii) by making grants to any Charitable Institution, Association, Youth Club, Boys Club or similar organisation in Scotland, the objects of which are devoted to the moral or religious education or the training or teaching or physical wellbeing of children or young persons and (iii) by making grants towards the training in a trade or profession of any person who has been incapacitated either totally or partially, permanently or temporarily, as a result of service in any of Her Majesty's Forces, or to any war service veterans, or to any Charitable Institutions, Associations or like organisations established for the welfare, training, education or otherwise for the benefit of any such persons or war service veterans. (iv) by making grants to any Institution, Establishment or Organisation of a charitable nature in Scotland, the objects of which are devoted to the care, attention, maintenance or welfare of the aged or the chronic sick or the blind B for the prevention or relief of poverty by making grants towards the accommodation, maintenance or general welfare of any persons resident in Galashiels who have been so resident for a period of not less than ten years and are in need of financial assistance C for the advancement of religion by making grants towards the maintenance of any Church of the Protestant faith in Galashiels or to the accommodation, maintenance, well being or general welfare of ministers or retired ministers of the Church of Scotland Maximum text reached. Please contact charity for full version.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £189,735 | £200,271 | 0 | 31 March 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £179,217 | £333,373 | 0 | 24 February 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £188,709 | £193,457 | 0 | 7 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £205,009 | £202,045 | 0 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £180,157 | £139,278 | 0 | 23 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
- c/o Pike and Chapman, 36 Bank Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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