01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027773
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 13
- Postcode
- EH14 3JF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Health Agency is a community-led charity that supports around 2,000 people in Wester Hailes and South West Edinburgh each year to lead longer, healthier, more fulfilling lives. We do this by providing a range of services that challenge the deep-rooted effects of poverty, ill-healthy, mental health issues, isolation, food insecurity and inequalities on our community by providing information, advice and support to empower people to protect and improve their physical, mental and social wellbeing. Core services include Westerhaven (supporting people affected by cancer and long-term conditions), free mental health counselling and therapy to aid recovery, Positive Moves (exercise and nutritional support for improved health, Tasting Change (affordable food through our pantry and community meals), and weekly groups reducing isolation and building community confidence.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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 promotion of equality and diversity
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The promotion, preservation and protection of good health, physical, mental and emotional, among the residents of Wester Hailes and its environs
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £484,529 | £537,353 | 13 | 24 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £531,129 | £528,046 | 13 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £497,958 | £461,789 | 13 | 29 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £427,206 | £422,066 | 13 | 15 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £551,854 | £473,979 | 13 | 22 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
- The Health Agency, Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre, 30 Harvesters Way, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://thehealthagency.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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