OSCR Scottish charity profile

Carolina House Trust

ActiveCharity number SC016289
Registered24 January 1929
Main locationDundee City
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC016289
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
12
Postcode
DD2 1TP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We support carers to offer family-based care to children and young people who cannot live with their own family for as long as it is needed.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

26.1 The purpose of the Trust will be to provide quality services for children and young people whose circumstances make it in their best interest to receive care, protection, and support from the Trust, and to maintain the family life and education provision for such children and young people. These services are provided on a charitable basis through: 26.1.1 Foster Care services 26.1.2 Residential Care Homes 26.1.3 Housing Support or community based services 26.1.4 Continuing care and support for those over the age of 18 if circumstances require up to the age of 26 years 26.1.5 Any other measures deemed appropriate by the Board, in line with the objects of the Trust and current Child Care legislation, more specifically the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, Children and Adoption (Scotland) Act 2007, Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£1,178,035£1,281,300122 December 2025
31 March 2024£1,490,266£1,357,3351227 November 2024
31 March 2023£1,243,976£1,249,4131221 November 2023
31 March 2022£1,463,732£1,618,6361229 November 2022
31 March 2021£1,851,957£1,962,5061213 October 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
7 Luna Place, Gateway West, Dundee Technology Park, Dundee
Website supplied to OSCR
www.carolinahousetrust.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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