01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC049008
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- TD14 5SD
OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Abundant Borders SC046962. Abundant Borders SC046962 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Abundant Borders (SCIO) SC0049008.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Abundant Borders works within our community to create a network of community food gardens across the Scottish Borders. The community food gardens are a training base for people to learn how to grow food in a sustainable way and then how to turn that food into healthy, inexpensive meals. Our aim is that everyone, regardless of personal circumstances, should have access to healthy, nutritious food.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- 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
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of education by training people to produce food in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way Our activities can reasonably be expected to also promote: 4.2 The relief of poverty, specifically food poverty, through the development of skills, including but not restricted to, food growing, preservation and cooking 4.3 Environmental protection and improvement by, for example, teaching the benefits of wildlife to food production and by creating healthy soil ecosystems 4.4 The use of land for recreational purposes by, for example, the creation of community gardens and other growing spaces.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £94,144 | £128,347 | 4 | 21 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £104,126 | £121,084 | 4 | 20 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £121,861 | £101,007 | 4 | 28 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £68,159 | £74,104 | 4 | 15 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £78,101 | £50,245 | 4 | 15 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
- Harbour Buildings, Gunsgreen Quay , Eyemouth
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.abundantborders.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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