OSCR Scottish charity profile

Auchterless Playgroup

Known as Auchterless Pre-School Playgroup

ActiveCharity number SC005029
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC005029
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
7
Postcode
AB53 4HA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The playgroup works in line with Curriculum for Excellence, The National Care Standards and Realising the Ambition Being Me to provide children with experiences and interactions necessary to reach their full potential within a caring and nurturing setting which allows wellbeing, communication, curiosity, inquiry and creativity to flourish. Children are actively engaged in learning through appropriate play opportunities both indoors and outdoors. These opportunities are planned in response to the needs and interests of the children where opportunities for children to make real choices and decisions are important.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The aim of the group is to advance the education and social development of pre-school children with the emphasis on the play experience, so that they take a constructive place in the community and also to advance the education of their parents and other appropriate persons.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£95,885£109,929729 December 2025
31 March 2024£93,384£97,121717 December 2024
31 March 2023£92,547£63,941716 January 2024
31 March 2022£42,676£40,933728 December 2022
31 March 2021£52,432£29,579723 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
Kinnermit Farm, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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