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Edinburgh Garden Partners

SC042164Registered charity from 11 March 2011
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 14 December 2015 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC393871, Company name: Edinburgh Garden Partners Ltd.
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Edinburgh Garden Partners
Address c/o Age Scotland
Causewayside House
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
Postcode EH91PR
Website www.edinburghgardenpartners.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: 4.1 to advance the health of the community through promoting and enabling gardening activities in the local area and the growing and consumption of local and organic food; and 4.2 to advance citizenship and community development through volunteer gardening and other volunteer opportunities in line with our objectives; and 4.3 to promote environmental protection and improvement through the promotions of sustainable and environmentally friendly methods of gardening; and 4.4 to relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage, through helping them to maintain and cultivate their gardens, and/or enabling them to participate in and gain from the therapeutic benefits of gardening 4.5 to advance the education of the public in horticulture and related environmental issues
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Edinburgh Garden Partners has been creating garden partnerships across the city since 2011, connecting garden owners with volunteers looking for a space to grow. Today our aim is to nurture a sense of belonging and strengthen communities in Edinburgh by creating garden partnerships that connect volunteers to older people in their community. It is the shared interest in gardening and the exchange of skills, knowledge and life experience that make these partnerships so special and rewarding for everyone involved.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 14 Dec 2015
Previous Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 11 Mar 2011
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 3
Number of Charity Trustees: 10
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "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
31 Mar 2021 £50,028 £43,075 21 Sept 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £62,543 £48,212 19 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £55,879 £54,151 18 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £55,242 £47,663 24 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £65,272 £60,079 13 Sept 2025 Yes Download
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
Fiona Elizabeth Boyle
Eleanor Sanders White
Murray Talbot
Elaine Mowat
Lorna Spence
Benjamin Parker
Zoe Stephens
Michael William Birch
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