Charity Details

Borders Book Festival

SC037347Registered charity from 07 June 2006

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Charity Information:

Address Harmony House
St Marys Road
Melrose

Postcode TD6 9LJ

Website www.bordersbookfestival.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

To promote for the benefit of the public the arts (which for the purposes of this clause shall mean the literary or any other arts provided in each case that they are of recognised cultural, aesthetic or educational value) and to foster, promote and increase public participation and interest in the arts, and in particular the active encouragement and development of public participation and interest in the cultural and social heritage of the Borders region'

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

The Company was established to: (i) promote the arts for the benefit of the public, and in particular to encourage and develop public participation and interest in the cultural and social heritage of the Borders Region; (ii) present public readings and other artistic performances at the annual Borders Book Festival or elsewhere, for the benefit of the local and general public; (iii) support and encourage authors, writers and other practitioners of the arts by providing them with the opportunity to perform or display their talents at the annual Borders Book Festival or elsewhere; (iv) establish and promote international, national and regional exchanges of ideas and information in relation to the arts, by lectures, performances, displays and otherwise in suitable public venues.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 07 Jun 2006

Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders

Number of Staff: 50

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "People with disabilities or health problems", "Other defined groups"

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
31 Dec 2021	£321,664	£320,161	07 Jun 2022	Yes
31 Dec 2022	£414,907	£423,207	25 Jul 2023	Yes
31 Dec 2023	£436,311	£426,760	09 Jul 2024	Yes
31 Dec 2024	£499,387	£486,722	29 Aug 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
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
Michael Kevin	Moore
Paula Margaret	Ogilvie
Joanne Nicol	Rutherford
Alistair Murray	Moffat
Jennifer Ann	Brown
Lynsey	Graham
James	Hutchison
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