01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011212
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- EH4 3QU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose of the charity is to provide community based early learning and childcare with the emphasis on learning through play. The aim of the group is to support children’s wellbeing, communication, curiosity, inquiry and creativity.
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
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The aim of the playgroup is to promote the aim of the Scottish Pre-School Play Association which is to advance the education of pre-school children so that they may take a constructive place in the community, and also the education of their parents and other adults, children and teenagers, and in the furtherance of that aim: (a) to provide safe and satisfying group play in which parents take part when appropriate. (b) to encourage other charitable activities through which parents may help the children.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 3 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £45,920 | £47,819 | 3 | 23 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £45,584 | £45,954 | 3 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £41,279 | £45,257 | 3 | 6 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £44,260 | £60,829 | 3 | 27 May 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
- Blackhall Playgroup, St Columba's Church, Columba Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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