OSCR Scottish charity profile

Bright Green Nature

Known as BGN

ActiveCharity number SC051628
Registered9 March 2022
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC051628
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
TD6 9BG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Restoration of the ecosystems at Selkirk Deer Park and the promotion of their good health and the benefit of the environment, biodiversity and local communities and promotion of rewilding education

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

(a) The advancement of environmental protection and improvement: (i) Repairing, restoring and preserving ecosystems and returning them to good health (that is, rewilding), for the benefit of the environment, biodiversity and local communities. (b) The advancement of education: (i) Promoting knowledge, skills and understanding of rewilding, including of the processes, purposes and benefits of ecosystem restoration and preservation to beneficiaries: - which may be taken back to their own communities and families. or - which may be useful in career development. (c) The advancement of citizenship or community development (including regeneration): (i) Promoting an understanding of the social benefits of rewilding. (ii) Seeking to improve the mental and physical health of stakeholders by engaging them in the rewilding process. (iii) Developing community gardens and spaces, promoting knowledge and skills development in sustainability and seeking to enhance mental and physical wellbeing. (d) The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science: (i) Preserving the natural and anthropological history of the Deer Park, Selkirk and other local sites. (ii) Promoting knowledge and understanding of this history through impactful interpretation and other means for stakeholders and local communities.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

4 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£01Not supplied
31 December 2024£61,656£45,244130 September 2025
31 December 2023£17,156£23,937124 September 2024
31 December 2022£228,350£6,772126 September 2023

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
Faldonside House, Melrose, Scottish Borders
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.brightgreennature.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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