01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC002810
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH10 6RB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To prepare and send a weekly Talking Newspaper to blind and partially sighted persons in Edinburgh and Lothian
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Lothiansound is established for charitable purposes only and specifically to relieve the blind or partially sighted or those labouring under temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain, through the provision of news and information on audiotape, CD, memory stick, wireless, online, app, virtual assistant technology or other suitable medium. In furtherance of the above objects Lothiansound shall have the right to operate such facilities as are deemed necessary by the Executive Committee, and Lothiansound will seek to cooperate with any other body, whether statutory or voluntary, having objects which are consistent with the objects of Lothiansound. In this respect efforts will be made to initiate such cooperation.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £2,935 | £4,432 | 0 | 21 May 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £2,653 | £4,648 | 0 | 30 April 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £3,777 | £5,686 | 0 | 20 April 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £3,098 | £4,074 | 0 | 26 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,273 | £4,470 | 0 | 16 June 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
- 4 West Camus Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.lothiansound.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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