OSCR Scottish charity profile

Barcapel Foundation Limited

ActiveCharity number SC009211
Registered12 September 1961
Main locationNorth Ayrshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC009211
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
EH2 3JP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The objectives of the Barcapel Foundation are to support charitable and educational organisations and research projects. Applications for funding are submitted and the Board of Barcapel meets biannually to decide on which charities to financially support.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

‘The company’s objects are: To advance education. To advance citizenship, particularly among young people. To advance health. To relieve poverty. To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. and To relieve those in need by reason of disability.’

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£01Not supplied
31 December 2024£44,642£442,420118 June 2025
31 December 2023£52,852£397,972110 July 2024
31 December 2022£63,579£429,104119 June 2023
31 December 2021£52,763£360,39517 September 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
Third Floor, 3 Hill Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.barcapelfoundation.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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