01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC017718
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- KY4 9NH
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Home-Start Lochgelly from 31-03-1991 to 08-11-2018
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Supports young families with children under 5 who are facing difficulties, offering practical and emotional help through home visits, group sessions, and community activities.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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 advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- 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
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
OBJECTS The objects of the Charity are: a) To safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children. b) To prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children. c) To relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children. d) To promote the education of the public in better standards of child care within the area of Lochgelly and its environs.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £127,815 | £159,838 | 4 | 17 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £158,782 | £150,403 | 4 | 20 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £149,444 | £144,562 | 4 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £150,953 | £122,024 | 4 | 5 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £146,742 | £111,201 | 4 | 1 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
- 170 High Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Home Start UK · 1108837
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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