01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC046383
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- TD11 3RY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Preston and Abbey Community Trust PACT)was set up to manage the Wind Farm Community Benefit Funds allocated to our community. To achieve the purposes described above, the Trust runs a grant award scheme and carries out projects fo the benefit of our residents. In the last year, the trust has supported a major refurbishment of one of our two village halls, including insulation, installation of a heat pump and a re-design of the grounds around the Hall. The second major project has been writing the Local Place Plan for submission to Scottish Borders Council. This has involved working with a community worker and organising community events to gather the views of residents. The report was submitted in June 2025 and will be used by the Council to guide planning and services in our area. For future projects, Trustees will be guided by the views of the community expressed during the consultation process.
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
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Purposes 4 The company has been formed to benefit [the inhabitants of] the community of Preston, Abbey St Bathans and Bonkyl (the community being defined by the boundary of the local Community Council and hereinafter referred to as “the Community”) with the following purposes: 4.1 The advancement of citizenship or community development, 4.2 The prevention or relief of poverty, 4.3 The advancement of education, 4.4 The advancement of health, 4.5 The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational facilities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, 4.6 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement, 4.7 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage, in each case by the award of grant funding to third parties, or by expending the funds of the organization directly in order to achieve the foregoing purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £354,110 | £352,864 | 0 | 20 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £87,955 | £571,872 | 0 | 30 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £81,925 | £55,066 | 0 | 5 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £25,055 | £26,505 | 0 | 5 May 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £434,615 | £17,391 | 0 | 31 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
- The Retreat, Blackerstone, Duns, Berwickshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.pactrust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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