OSCR Scottish charity profile

Alva Play Pals Out Of School Care

ActiveCharity number SC024114
Registered27 October 1995
Main locationClackmannanshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC024114
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
10
Postcode
FK12 5AN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Alva Play Pals provides before and after school care term-time and full day childcare services throughout the school holidays to residents within Clackmannanshire and the surrounding areas.

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

To promote the care and education of children of the residents of Alva and the Hilllfoots ('the Operating Area') in need of care during out of school hours and school holidays and to promote the provision of facilities for the recreation and other leusure time occupations of such children in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life and to enable parents to work or pursue further/higher education or training. To advance education among the residents of the Operating Area, particularly among young people and the unemployed. To promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist residents of the Operating Area in optaining paid employment. To promote, establish and operate other schemes of a chartiable nature for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area. To promote trade and industry, for the benefit of the general public.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£165,576£171,6461030 June 2026
31 October 2024£111,633£110,8141023 May 2025
31 October 2023£72,750£76,7961024 May 2024
31 October 2022£57,300£64,762108 May 2023
31 October 2021£34,472£39,0791017 March 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
Alva Primary School Community Wing, Alva, Clackmannanshire
Website supplied to OSCR
alvaplaypals.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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