More information to appear on the Scottish Charity Register from 9 March 2026, including charity trustee names and accounts documents. Click here for more details.

Charity Details

 

Paxton Trust

SC002177Registered charity from 11 November 1988
2MB ZIP file, with green, blue and mono style logos
2MB ZIP file, with green, blue and mono style logos
Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Paxton House
Paxton

Berwick Upon Tweed
Postcode TD15 1SZ
Website www.paxtonhouse.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for such purposes as are recognised by law to be exclusively charitable for the purposes of Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and in particular but without prejudice to that generality:- (a) To preserve for the public benefit the whole or such part or parts of the Mansion House of Paxton, its related buildings and its gardens and policies as shall or may become vested in the Trustees or in respect of which the Trustees shall have any interest (referred to as "Paxton"); (b) To protect and improve the amenities of Paxton for the public benefit; (c) To preserve for the public benefit as an adjunct to Paxton furniture, pictures, books, works of art and other corporeal moveables or chattels ordinarily kept at Paxton or which may be given or loaned to the Trustees and which the Trustees shall consider to be appropriate to be kept at Paxton provided that money shall only be expended by the Trustees on the enhancement of furniture, pictures, books, works of art and other corporeal moveables or chattels which are lent to them if the loan agreement confers on the Trustees in the event of the termination of the loan full rights of compensation for any money so expended; (d) To facilitate and encourage access to and study and appreciation of Paxton and such corporeal moveables or chattels by the general public;...
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The charity is set up to preserve Paxton House and its collections and to make the same available to the public.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 11 Nov 1988
Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders
Number of Staff: 29
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Nov 2021 £548,885 £454,035 30 Aug 2022 Yes
30 Nov 2022 £1,241,120 £802,294 21 Aug 2023 Yes
30 Nov 2023 £441,722 £387,337 28 Aug 2024 Yes
30 Nov 2024 £455,642 £500,738 29 Jul 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Eric Grounds
Nichol Swan
Nick Forster
Louise Jackson
Adrian Bell
Kathleen Hallquist
Lucy Bird
John Home Robertson
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.
Copyright

From 30 June 2025, OSCR began collecting charity trustee information through OSCR Online. Providing this information is a legal requirement for all charities. The names of trustees will be published on the Scottish Charity Register from early 2026 to promote transparency and strengthen public trust in the sector.

© Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator 2006. Crown Database Right 2006.

The Scottish Charity Register ("The Register") is subject to Crown database right.

The Scottish Charity Register is licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Open Government Licence logo

When you use this information under the OGL, you should include the following attribution: © Crown Copyright and database right 2020. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Charity accounts and constitution – what information do we publish?

The Scottish Charity Register contains key information about a charity’s operations and finances. This includes:

  • the names of a charity’s trustees (exemptions apply)
  • its annual report and full accounts, if submitted after 9 March 2026
    (Accounts submitted prior to 9 March 2026 will be redacted, or may not be published, depending on the charity’s income level or legal form.)

These changes are designed to improve transparency across the charity sector in Scotland.

Please note that we accept no responsibility for the functionality, accuracy, or content of external websites. If you experience a technical issue with an external link, you should contact the charity directly.

Under section 23(1)(a) and (b) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, you have the right to request the following information directly from the charity:

  • a copy of the charity’s latest statement of accounts
  • a copy of the charity’s constitution
Back to Previous Page

 

Scroll to top