OSCR Scottish charity profile

Berwickshire Marine Reserve (SCIO)

Known as BMR

ActiveCharity number SC050016
Registered9 March 2020
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050016
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
TD14 5HT
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OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace St Abbs & Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve Committee, SC018593. St Abbs & Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve Committee, SC018593) has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Berwickshire Marine Reserve (SCIO) SC050016

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The objects of the Charity are to conserve the biodiversity of the coastal waters, to raise awareness of the marine environment through education and to promote responsible recreational use alongside sustainable fishery for the mutual benefit of all

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4. The organisation's purposes are: 4.1. The advancement of education, 4.2. The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture, or science, and 4.3. The advancement of environmental protection and improvement, by 4.4. conserving and enhancing the biodiversity of the local coastal waters and coast, and 4.5. promoting awareness of the marine environment and its sustainable recreational and commercial use through research, education, interpretation and engagement.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
28 February 2025£69,955£89,157228 November 2025
28 February 2024£76,605£104,323216 September 2024
28 February 2023£151,173£98,59426 September 2023
28 February 2022£84,559£82,283230 September 2022
28 February 2021£43,074£45,674223 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
Eyemouth Hippodrome, Harbour Road, Eyemouth
Website supplied to OSCR
www.berwickshiremarinereserve.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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