01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008382
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 8
- Postcode
- EH2 4JY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
By building positive relationships with services users, we aim to promote their health and wellbeing, personal independence, social integration, and positive lifestyles as a means to enhancing their quality of life. We remain committed to putting the people we work for at the heart of our services and continue to adapt what we do to meet service users changing needs and circumstances.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3. The Company’s objects are to try to help and/or relieve the suffering and distress of any of the following persons. (a) A person (a ‘sufferer’) whom the Company believes reasonably has been diagnosed at some time by a medically-qualified person to have one or more of the following – (i) HIV/AIDS. (ii) Hepatitis C. (iii) A disease, injury and/or illness related to having suffered HIV/AIDS and/or Hepatitis C. and who is in Edinburgh and/or the Lothians.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £244,623 | £273,348 | 8 | 12 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £259,846 | £242,332 | 8 | 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £200,698 | £223,335 | 8 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £204,094 | £203,192 | 8 | 16 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £205,807 | £201,158 | 8 | 20 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
- First Floor, 139 George Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.positivehelpedinburgh.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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