01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053316
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- TD11 3DF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Duns Fair Share has three main areas of activity: i) Duns Food Bank which provides emergency food support to individuals and families across Berwickshire. ii) Duns Community Larder – a green initiative, making good quality, surplus food available to anyone in Duns for a nominal sum. iii) Duns Social Café – an inclusive, pay as you feel café that sells hot drinks and snacks and provides free WIFI. We offer numerous volunteering opportunities, promote community wellbeing and help tackle loneliness.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) The relief of poverty In furtherance Duns Fair Share will: • continue the work of Duns Food Bank (b) The relief of those in need In furtherance Duns Fair Share will: • promote an inclusive community that caters for all needs • provide a resilience service to the community • promote community wellbeing and tackle loneliness (c) The advancement of citizenship and community development In furtherance Duns Fair Share will: • promote volunteering opportunities within the community • adopt a 'green' approach that helps sustain the local environment • promote an all-inclusive approach for the development of the community
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2026 | £40,777 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,131 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 8 September 2026 |
| 30 April 2025 | £31,883 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £6,035 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 July 2025 |
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
- 15 Murray Street, Duns
- Website supplied to OSCR
- dunsfairshare.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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