OSCR Scottish charity profile

League of Hospital Friends - Inverclyde

ActiveCharity number SC001318
Registered3 November 1972
Main locationInverclyde
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC001318
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PA16 7PY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We operate a Tea Bar for Patients, staff and visitors at Inverclyde Royal Hospital to raise money to purchase equipment and facilities to be used at the hospital

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) to create, encourage, foster and maintain the interest of the public in the wellbeing of patients and staff in hospitals and in the community in Inverclyde and the surrounding area and to mobilise, encourage and maintain the support of the public in and for such hospitals and for patients in the community who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped, infirm or in need of assistance. (b) to assist by all means in the welfare of such patients, staff and former patients and to supplement the work of health professionals by means of voluntary service. (c) to recruit and to assist in the recruitment of voluntary workers in and for the said hospitals and community service and to provide and assist in the provision of amenities in such hospitals and community health facilities. (d) to receive gifts of all kinds including donations, subscriptions, legacies and endowments, whether subject to any trust or not, and to administer these for the general purpose of the Association or for any specific purpose in accordance with the expressed wishes of the donor. (e) to provide a link between the said hospitals and the community which they serve. (f) to foster co-operation and inter-communication between leagues, other charitable institutions, local Authorities and National Health Service Authorities and co-ooerate with such bodies for the benefit of the hospital service. and (g) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£401,415£372,792018 June 2026
30 September 2024£371,267£343,195029 May 2025
30 September 2023£303,870£269,651019 June 2024
30 September 2022£199,049£171,96906 June 2023
30 September 2021£118,101£111,369011 May 2022

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
66 Octavia Terrace, Greenock
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Attend · 5713403

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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