OSCR Scottish charity profile

Ralston Playgroup

ActiveCharity number SC004499
Registered8 March 1977
Main locationRenfrewshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC004499
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
4
Postcode
G77 5SD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The aim of the Playgroup is to advance the care and education of pre-school children so that they may take a constructive place in the community, and also the education of their parents and other adults, children and teenagers, and in the furtherance of that aim.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It does none of these

Constitutional objectives

To promote the aim of the Scottish Pre-school Play Association which is to advance the education to pre-school children so that they may take a constructive place in the community, and also the education of their parents and other adults, children and teenagers, and in the furtherance of that aim, (a) To provide safe and satisfying group play in which parents take part when appropriate. (b) To encourage other charitable activities through which parents may help the children.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£28,445£27,18641 February 2026
31 July 2024£21,996£24,41545 August 2024
31 July 2023£22,797£23,182413 May 2024
31 July 2022£19,620£20,99442 October 2022
31 July 2021£4,850£1,260413 September 2021

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
14 Broom Road East, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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