01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- 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
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £165,576 | £171,646 | 10 | 30 June 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £111,633 | £110,814 | 10 | 23 May 2025 |
| 31 October 2023 | £72,750 | £76,796 | 10 | 24 May 2024 |
| 31 October 2022 | £57,300 | £64,762 | 10 | 8 May 2023 |
| 31 October 2021 | £34,472 | £39,079 | 10 | 17 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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