01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020862
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 33
- Postcode
- EH16 4TJ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
ECHC provides seriously ill children and their families with the extra support they need when facing a potentially life-changing hospital visit. We're speeding up recovery, taking away fear, providing reassurance, distraction and fun every step of the way.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- 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 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
The objects of the Charity are:- (a) to support the aims and work of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh on its present or any other site on which it may operate in the future ('the Hospital') and to relieve the sickness, ill health, distress and suffering of children who are patients in the Hospital and in the community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £2,781,033 | £2,269,817 | £461,867 | £13,261 | £35,938 | £150 | £2,365,795 | £1,143,662 | £1,222,133 | £0 | 33 | 3 June 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £2,705,703 | £2,199,659 | £433,697 | £35,438 | £36,909 | £0 | £2,235,453 | £984,609 | £1,250,844 | £0 | 33 | 18 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £2,157,363 | £1,702,697 | £421,485 | £10,589 | £22,042 | £550 | £2,429,481 | £1,032,891 | £1,396,590 | £0 | 33 | 18 June 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,701,745 | £1,348,803 | £685 | £347,927 | £4,330 | £0 | £2,073,672 | £907,833 | £1,165,839 | £0 | 33 | 11 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,799,513 | £1,508,065 | £0 | £290,001 | £1,447 | £0 | £1,726,121 | £685,936 | £1,040,185 | £0 | 33 | 14 July 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
- c/o RHCYP & DCN Building, 50 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.echcharity.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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