01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC025474
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 10
- Postcode
- EH22 1AG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We want every child to experience the play they need to thrive, and enable this by creating opportunities, removing barriers to access and addressing inequalities. We focus on play because this benefits health, wellbeing and development. We support 1,000 children through 725 free sessions per year. Play in Mind provides adventurous woodland play for children with mental health challenges, referred for support to destress in nature, build resilience, and make friends, reducing health inequalities. Play for All supports disabled children and their families. Support at home shares low-cost ideas to meet children’s needs, built on by group play sessions. We share techniques to help access parks, and our parent peer groups strengthen social support. Out2Play supports outdoor play in greenspaces in five deprived areas. By clearing hazards, offering activities and providing supervision, we make outdoor play safe, mitigating wellbeing inequalities by enabling play close to home.
Charitable purposes
- 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
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The company's objects are: (a) To advance the learning, health and wellbeing of children, young people, families and communities through the provision of resources, activities and community support and assistance. (b) The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, or the provision of assistance with either recreational facilities or activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, and only in relation to recreational activities or facilities which are: (i) primarily intended for persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, or (ii) available to members of the public at large. (c) To uphold and advocate for the child's right to play, as enshrined in article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and General Comment 17
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £252,851 | £251,284 | 10 | 14 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £176,763 | £230,379 | 10 | 1 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £228,087 | £217,467 | 10 | 19 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £161,961 | £211,321 | 10 | 14 February 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £263,150 | £153,380 | 10 | 15 December 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
- One Dalkeith, 21 Eskdaill Court, DALKEITH, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.playmidlothian.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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