OSCR Scottish charity profile

BASIC (SCIO)

ActiveCharity number SC024081
Registered4 May 1995
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC024081
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
14
Postcode
G84 7QQ
i

OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 11/05/2015 as a result of a change to SCIO application by B.A.S.I.C. & Corner House Crèche (SC024081) which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 04/05/1995.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide a place where children are safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, and included when their parents/carers are working, or in higher/further education. To widen children's horizons by providing fun, interesting, and stimulating play activities, which gives children opportunities to express themselves, develop their own ideas, explore their emotions, and seek solutions. Encourage children to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others, promoting self-esteem. Encourage children to explore, appreciate and respect their environment and to challenge themselves by taking calculated risks during play. Promote and support children in making healthy choices. We provide an Out of School service for children who are registered for school up to the age of thirteen, we also provide a 'Basically Brilliant Holiday Club' during the school holidays. In addition, we offer a full-time nursery

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • 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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1.To advance and widen the children’s horizons through stimulating play activities in the advancement of education and in arts, heritage, culture or science. 2. To advance 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.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£302,015£290,0441431 March 2026
30 June 2024£341,071£306,5331431 March 2025
30 June 2023£285,186£295,0291429 March 2024
30 June 2022£243,067£257,770145 April 2023
30 June 2021£236,197£225,8121431 August 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
13 East King Street
Website supplied to OSCR
www.basicchildcare.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.