OSCR Scottish charity profile

Helensburgh United Reformed Church

ActiveCharity number SC014017
Registered24 May 1913
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC014017
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G84 9DA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Sunday mornings religious services and occasional joint services with local Churches. Wednesday mornings Prayer Meetings. Hold monthly Elders and quarterly Church (Congregation) meetings. Our Sanctuary and Hall are available to hire for civil ceremonies, concerts, fundraising events, but, importantly, used regularly by our local Lunch Club. We provide from our Pithie endowment bond financial assistance to members of our congregation and benevolence to other charities.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of religion. The advancement of civic responsibility or community development. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£115,343£56,24301 August 2026
31 December 2024£97,533£53,921019 June 2025
31 December 2023£116,094£75,67806 June 2024
31 December 2022£105,114£63,502029 June 2023
31 December 2021£80,948£57,14107 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
10 Butt Avenue, Glade Estate, Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
The United Reformed Church Synod of Scotland · SC011907

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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