OSCR Scottish charity profile

GROWING MATTERS - Gardening Therapy at Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden SCIO

Known as Growing Matters

ActiveCharity number SC047568
Registered11 July 2017
Main locationEast Lothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047568
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
EH39 5LQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The advancement of Community involvement through the promotion of volunteering for mental and physical health and to learn new transferrable skills.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1.1 Increased learning and knowledge through the facilitating of vocational horticultural courses and the sharing of traditional skills appropriate to working in a walled garden. 1.2 Helping to maintain and protect physical and mental health by encouraging volunteering particularly amongst those groups vulnerable to poor mental health following work related stress and depression. 1.3 The advancement of community involvement through the promotion of volunteering for mental and physical health and to learn new transferrable skills

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£12,810£11,02406 March 2026
31 July 2024£3,408£4,609018 March 2025
31 July 2023£6,212£3,385013 March 2024
31 July 2022£21,656£1,73108 February 2023
31 July 2021£5,845£3,833014 January 2022

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
Gilmerton House, Athelstaneford, North Berwick, East Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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