OSCR Scottish charity profile

Johnstone Out of School Service

Known as JOSS

ActiveCharity number SC024186
Registered14 February 1995
Main locationRenfrewshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC024186
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
7
Postcode
PA5 9QQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

After school & holiday care & educaton of children in the local area

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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
  • 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

(1) To promote the care and education of children in the Renfrewshire Council Area('the operating area') in need of care during out of school hours and school holidays and to promote provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation 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, and that without distinction of sex, political, religious or other opinion. (2) To advance education among the residents of the operating area particularly among young people and the unemployed. (3) To promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist residents of the operating area in obtaining paid employment.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£118,908£118,368729 June 2026
31 March 2024£110,710£109,368720 February 2025
31 March 2023£98,631£98,149721 February 2024
31 March 2022£90,660£92,397713 March 2023
31 March 2021£62,944£73,50977 April 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 Auchenlodment Primary School, Aspen Place, Johnstone, Renfrewshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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