01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC049866
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- EH2 3DN
OSCR note: This charity was established to replace Scotland's Gardens Scheme, SC011337 Scotland's Gardens Scheme, SC011337 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Scotland's Gardens Scheme SCIO, SC049866 which is a SCIO
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To facilitate the opening of gardens which help the well being of those who attend, to encourage volunteering opportunities and in the process provide financial assistance to charities throughout Scotland.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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 human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- 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
- the advancement of animal welfare
Beneficiaries
- 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
Constitutional objectives
3.1 The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are, via the opening of gardens throughout Scotland to the public, and other projects. 3.1.1 to advance health and well-being. 3.1.2 to advance heritage and culture. 3.1.3 to advance community development through the promotion of volunteering. 3.1.4 to advance education. and/or 3.1.5 to support community projects and provide funding to charities, clubs and organisations in order to enable them to implement, or assist in the implementation of, their own projects the purposes of which promote any charitable purpose as set out in section 7(2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £488,242 | £509,960 | 4 | 25 May 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £557,673 | £488,489 | 4 | 23 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £482,929 | £502,037 | 4 | 13 May 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £478,425 | £444,249 | 4 | 31 May 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £360,629 | £380,545 | 4 | 5 May 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
- 2nd Floor, 23 Castle Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.scotlandsgardens.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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