OSCR Scottish charity profile

A Greener Melrose (SCIO)

Known as 'Greener Melrose' or 'A Greener Melrose'

ActiveCharity number SC052374
Registered2 March 2023
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052374
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
TD69QT
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OSCR note: A Greener Melrose (SCIO), SC052374 was established to replace A Greener Melrose SC041659

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Facilitate the local community in taking sustainable environmental action. promoting well-being, local community, local food and local regeneration. and mitigating climate change factors. We do this by facilitating semi-autonomous Action Groups that self-organise to achieve their aims. Currently these groups include a 3.5 ha community orchard with allotments, a group offering free E-bike trials,, a group bringing food producers and consumers together, a group developing local safe active travel routes, and an outreach group that facilitates community events.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

PURPOSES 4. The Organisation has been formed for the public benefit of the residents of postcode TD6 and the neighbouring areas within the Scottish Borders (the 'Community'), using sustainable development principles. The Organisation's Purposes are to: 1. protect, conserve, and improve the environment 2. promote developments that are sustainable 3. utilise and develop the collective abilities of the local community to: a. promote: - health and well-being. local food production. and both urban and rural regeneration b. build a more resilient, stronger community c. reduce carbon emissions d. facilitate a circular sustainable economy e. advance nature-centred and people-centred land use 4. to promote understanding of the consequences of inaction re. clause 4.3

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£10,806£14,83807 October 2025
31 March 2024£0£0021 December 2024

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
Oakleigh, Douglas Road, Melrose
Website supplied to OSCR
https://agreenermelrose.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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