01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC016130
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 21
- Postcode
- EH5 1QS
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Gingerbread Edinburgh & Lothian Project Ltd supports lone-carer families by providing affordable, high-quality childcare, advice and emotional support. We run four After School Clubs, a Holiday Club and In-Service Day care, giving children a safe, nurturing environment to learn through play and develop confidence. We help carers access work, education and respite by delivering reliable childcare and practical guidance. Our staff are trained childcare practitioners, and we work closely with families, schools and partner organisations to improve outcomes for children and support those experiencing challenging circumstances.
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
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company's objects are:- To promote by common effort, or otherwise, any charitable purpose for the benefit of parents and ch ildren of one parent families living and/or working in Edinburgh and Lothian Region designed to advance education or relieve poverty, distress and sickness and, in particular, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing:- (a) To provide lone parent families with information and advice, both practically and emotionally, to help them overcome the difficulties of bringing up children on their own. (b) To promote a better understanding by society of the needs of lone parent families in the form of pu blicity and advertising. (c) To expand our range of childcare facilities and develop more local self help groups, to encourage lone parents to become more self confident, thereby improving the quality of their life.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £247,839 | £420,572 | 21 | 28 May 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £283,259 | £252,723 | 21 | 12 August 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £283,259 | £252,723 | 21 | 2 April 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £251,626 | £235,405 | 21 | 29 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £226,714 | £295,443 | 21 | 27 April 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
- Saltire Studio, 3-5 Saltire Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.gingerbreadedinburgh.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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