OSCR Scottish charity profile

Four Square (Scotland)

Known as Four Square

ActiveCharity number SC017242
Registered11 August 1976
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC017242
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
over 250 volunteers
Staff
97
Postcode
EH11 2RN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We provide accommodation and support services for people who are homeless across the City of Edinburgh. We run two community services - Visiting Housing Support - supporting 300+ people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and Springboard - a mentoring support project for young people. We run a student programme for social work, counselling and art therapy students. We run Edinburgh Furniture Initiative - a reuse charity shop, collecting and selling furniture & electricals and providing learning and work opportunities for people who have experienced homelessness and also run a community cafe in the centre of Saughton Park, Edinburgh, also providing volunteering and work opportunities for local people an those we support in our homelessness services.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects for which the Charity is established are:- 8.1 the prevention and/or relief of poverty by promoting and/or delivery of services, alone or in conjunction with others, that provide support and advice to people who are homeless or in other ways disadvantaged and vulnerable. 8.2 the advancement of health by the promotion and/or delivery of services, alone or in conjunction with others, that encourage and emphasise healthy lifestyle matters to people who are homeless or in other ways disadvantaged and vulnerable. 8.3 the advancement of community development by the promotion and/or delivery, alone or in conjunction with others, of learning and employability opportunities enabling people who are homeless or in other ways disadvantaged and vulnerable to be socially included and economically contribute to civic life. 8.4 the advancement of education in the community by promoting and/or delivery of services, alone or in conjunction with others, that assist people who are homeless or in other ways disadvantaged and vulnerable with literacy, numeracy, life skills, work skills and social activities. 8.5 the advancement of environmental protection and/or improvement by the promotion and/or delivery of services, alone or in conjunction with others, that reuse and/or recycle items from the waste stream. 8.6 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, financial hardship or other disadvantage by promoting and/or delivery of services, alone or in conjunction with others, that provide support, advice, practical assistance and opportunity to improve their circumstances. 8.7 the promotion of equality and diversity by encouraging participation and integration into a range of inclusive and accessible programmes which strive to bring together a cross section of the community. and 8.8 such other charitable object as is charitable, not falling under the preceding sub-clauses and that may reasonably be regarded as similar to any of the precedin

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£4,176,079£3,731,3439717 December 2025
31 March 2024£3,749,168£3,785,9679718 December 2024
31 March 2023£3,287,870£3,413,8219722 December 2023
31 March 2022£4,325,179£2,730,2659722 December 2022
31 March 2021£2,500,969£2,177,6169722 December 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
454 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.foursquare.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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