01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC021068
- 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
- EH15 1HU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Portobello Toddler Hut is a nursery, created to cover different time demands of childcare. We provide flexible timetable for parents, starting from 3 hours per week and raising to full school hours slots. Our stuff is well trained and skilled, it creates safe environment for children to develop emotionally, intellectually and socially through positive experiences, free flow play and communication.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The aim of the playgroup is to promote the aim of the Scottish Pre-school Play Association which is to advance the education of pre-school children so that they may take a constructive place in the community, and also the education of their parents and other adults, children and teenagers, and in the furtherance of that aim: (a) to provide safe and satisfying group play in which parents take part when appropriate. (b) to encourage other charitable activities through which parents may help the children.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2025 | £92,184 | £68,583 | 4 | 9 September 2025 |
| 31 January 2024 | £67,750 | £76,932 | 4 | 8 October 2024 |
| 31 January 2023 | £68,578 | £64,576 | 4 | 12 October 2023 |
| 31 January 2022 | £59,973 | £54,887 | 4 | 31 October 2022 |
| 31 January 2021 | £48,943 | £52,640 | 4 | 29 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
- 28 Beach Lane, Portobello, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.portobellotoddlershut.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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