OSCR Scottish charity profile

NHS Lothian Charity

Known as NHS Lothian Charity

ActiveCharity number SC007342
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC007342
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
EH8 8BG
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OSCR note: The charity changed its legal name to NHS Lothian Charity on 26 September 2022. The charity was name Lothian Health Board Endowment Fund from 01-01-1992 to 26/09/2022.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity is the official Charity of NHS Lothian with its main objective being the advancement of health, through the improvement of the physical and mental health of the people of Edinburgh and the Lothians. We do this via our strategic grant programmes which fund things like, Art in Healthcare, Green spaces, investment in capital projects, incme maximisation initiatives and a programme of volunteering. We also fund items through our ward and specific funds.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of health.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£4,849,000£7,131,000010 October 2025
31 March 2024£4,581,000£6,923,000025 September 2024
31 March 2023£4,017,000£4,930,000012 September 2023
31 March 2022£3,641,000£3,831,00009 November 2022
31 March 2021£4,471,000£6,375,000029 October 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
NHS Lothian Charity, NHS Lothian, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
https://nhslothiancharity.org/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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