OSCR Scottish charity profile

Craigentinny/Lochend Social Centre

ActiveCharity number SC004774
Registered12 November 1942
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC004774
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
EH7 6JE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We were set up to serve the people of Craigentinny/Lochend and ensure we meet the purpose of section 1 above. We do this by providing youth groups from 5-17 year olds, we have social clubs for our elderly eg bingo and social events, we have various groups eg exercise, we offer warm room facilities

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3.1 to advance education among the residents of the Area of Benefit (the 'beneficiaries’) through the development and implementation of programmes of community education for the said beneficiaries. and 3.2 to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation, for the benefit of the said beneficiaries where such provision is i) in the benefit of social welfare ii) made with the objects of improving the conditions, health and wellbeing and of life of people in the Area of Benefit and/or 3.3. to advance citizenship and promote volunteering among the beneficiaries through the provision of opportunities for them to take an active part in the civic life of their communities.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£12,428£0£0£0£0£0£15,109£0£0£0426 June 2026
31 March 2024£32,630£11,200£0£21,430£0£0£27,196£0£2,719,699£042 December 2024
31 March 2023£11,379£0£0£0£0£0£21,474£0£0£0412 December 2023
31 March 2022£3,376£0£0£0£0£0£4,220£0£0£0421 December 2022
31 March 2021£14,537£0£0£0£0£0£5,120£0£0£0414 December 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
9 Loaning Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.craigentinnycommunitycentre.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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