01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC014124
- 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
- FK12 5ES
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Company is a charity and principal activity is the provision of support and relief to selected persons resident in the burgh of Alva by way of contributions and housing accommodation. The Foundation provides outings for the elderly over the summer months and hosts light lunches and sing-alongs in our Social Centre in Autumn and Winter. Provides special relief to families in need at Christmas and financial gifts to the elderly also at Christmas. We provide financial donations to organisations within the community. We provide accommodation for the elderly through our 26 dwellings in the Cochrane Estate a Social Centre within the estate is available for community use.
Charitable purposes
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- 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
5. The Objects are specifically restricted to the following:- 5.1 To provide for the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage particularly but not exclusively in the Burgh of Alva. and 5.2 To provide recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for persons in need particularly but not exclusively for those resident in the Burgh of Alva.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £223,629 | £215,724 | 3 | 17 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £160,691 | £160,396 | 3 | 9 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £160,389 | £149,768 | 3 | 10 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £157,736 | £137,712 | 3 | 20 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £150,426 | £129,046 | 3 | 26 August 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
- 5 Croftshaw Road, Alva, Clacks
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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