01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC010387
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 552
- Postcode
- EH4 2HS
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We support people on their journey to better mental health, by working with each person to find their own way forward. The power of people’s lived experience enables us to deliver pioneering services which transform lives.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company is established for charitable objects and purposes only. In particular its objects are: (a) To provide facilities and support for the care and aftercare of persons suffering from mental illness. (b) to promote resettlement and rehabilitation facilities for those disabled by mental illness. (c) to employ professional advisers or workers to promote the object the company and to pay reasonable and proper remuneration for such services. (d) to act as trustees or agents for or to manage money grants or other assistance received from statutory bodies, trusts or other bodies, and to affiliate with any other association, society or body established for charitable purposes only and having, primary object wholly or partly similar to those of the Company and for the purpose of promoting the primary object of the Company to co-operate with the press and other sources of publicity. (e) to purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire and to hold, sell, feu, lease or otherwise dispose of any heritable or moveable property and any rights or, privileges which may be necessary or convenient for the promotion of the objects of the Company and to construct, maintain and alter any buildings or erections necessary or convenient for the work of the company and in particular so to acquire, hold and dispose of furniture, furnishings fixtures and other effects necessary or convenient for the objects of the Company.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £18,399,952 | £19,106,462 | 552 | 4 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £18,034,737 | £18,360,647 | 552 | 10 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £16,054,783 | £15,814,198 | 552 | 9 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £12,928,038 | £12,768,644 | 552 | 5 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £11,753,791 | £11,138,930 | 552 | 12 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
- 3rd Floor, Orchard Brae House , 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.penumbra.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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