01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC007342
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH8 8BG
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's objective is the advancement of health, through the improvement of the physical and mental health of the people of Edinburgh and the Lothians, the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, the provision of services and facilities in connection with the above, and the research into any matters relating to the causation, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, or into such other matters relating to the health service as the Trustees see fit.
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
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £4,862,000 | £2,300,000 | £24,000 | £192,000 | £2,346,000 | £0 | £7,494,000 | £1,114,000 | £6,380,000 | £0 | 0 | 28 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £4,849,000 | £2,503,000 | £0 | £97,000 | £2,249,000 | £0 | £7,131,000 | £1,021,000 | £6,110,000 | £0 | 0 | 10 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £4,581,000 | £2,298,000 | £0 | £0 | £2,283,000 | £0 | £6,923,000 | £1,024,000 | £5,899,000 | £0 | 0 | 25 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,017,000 | £1,985,000 | £30,000 | £0 | £2,002,000 | £0 | £4,930,000 | £727,000 | £4,203,000 | £0 | 0 | 12 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,641,000 | £1,619,000 | £156,000 | £0 | £1,866,000 | £0 | £3,831,000 | £711,000 | £3,120,000 | £0 | 0 | 9 November 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
- 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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