01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC015588
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 272
- Postcode
- AB15 9EP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Company will as part of the international Camphill Movement to create a community in which children and adults, many with learning disabilities, can live, learn and work with others in healthy social relationships based on mutual care and respect, and in doing so creating an inclusive, lifelong learning culture with an integrated approach to health, education and care. The company seeks to further develop a living and working community based on equality of rights and opportunities, collaboration, freedom and empowering respectful relationships. We operate a residential care home for children and young adults with additional needs as well as a a school providing day education placements and a day service provision for young adults to allow then to develop their skills and experience.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
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
2.1 The Company will promote, advance and further Charitable Purposes and activities as part of the international Camphill Movement by aiming to create a community in which children and adults, many with learning disabilities, can live, learn and work with others in healthy social relationships based on mutual care and respect, and in doing so creating an inclusive, lifelong learning culture with an integrated approach to health, education and care. 2.2 In promoting, advancing and furthering Charitable Purposes and activities as detailed in article 2.1 the Company seeks to further develop a living and working community based on equality of rights and opportunities, collaboration, freedom and empowering respectful relationships. The Company has an active engagement with the wider society, facilitating a mutually beneficial flow of information and learning. 2.3 For the purposes of the Charities Act the following Charitable Purposes are relevant and for the purposes of the Charities Act are the Charitable Purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the Charities Act:- 2.3.1 the advancement of education. 2.3.2 the advancement of citizenship or community development 2.3.3 the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the condition for the persons from whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. and 2.3.4 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement 2.4 For the purposes of the Taxes Acts the provisions set out in 2.1 to 2.3 inclusive shall be read together to ensure the Charitable Purposes of the Company are compliant with the Taxes Act.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £12,526,228 | £12,971,967 | 272 | 17 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £12,116,177 | £12,431,041 | 272 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £11,520,464 | £11,347,160 | 272 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £10,668,858 | £10,078,447 | 272 | 7 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £9,844,323 | £9,284,154 | 272 | 22 November 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
- Murtle House, Murtle Estate, Bieldside, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.camphillschools.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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