01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044765
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- TD6 0SA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
This Trust is administered by the Council communities and Partnership team and features on the council website and in each of the 5 area partnership funding information tables to raise awareness of the fund, and to support openness, transparency and equality regarding funding available to communities
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
1 The Trustees (as hereinafter defined) shall hold and apply the sum of £1 paid by us to them, and such other funds and assets as may from time to time be comprised in the Trust Property (as hereinafter defined), in trust for the following purposes ('the Trust Purposes'): (a) The prevention or relief of poverty. (b) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. or (c) The advancement of health, including the advancement of education in health. By, among other things, the payment of grants and / or loans to such charities or other organisations or to such individuals who are deserving of benefit as the Trustees shall, in their sole and unfettered discretion, select as suitable recipients of such benefit, to be applied by such recipients for the charitable purposes of either the prevention or relief of poverty or the relief of those in need or the advancement of health, as appropriate. 2 The expenses of creating and administering the Trust, and any tax payable in relation to the Trust, shall be met in priority to all other payments and transfers of assets out of the Trust Property.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £40,386 | £24,097 | 0 | 20 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £77,976 | £28,237 | 0 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £37,061 | £14,707 | 0 | 18 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £33,837 | £15,674 | 0 | 30 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £28,572 | £1,125 | 0 | 26 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
- Scottish Borders Council, Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.scotborders.gov.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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