OSCR Scottish charity profile

Hopscotch Children's Charity

Known as Hopscotch

ActiveCharity number SC028660
Registered12 February 1999
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC028660
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
5
Postcode
EH12 9EB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide free vital residential breaks for children living in challenging circumstances, age 7-12 years living in Scotland

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1. To provide residential holiday and recreational facilities for the purpose of improving the conditions of life of children who are in need of such facilities by reason of disability, whether physical or mental, or of their social and economic circumstances. 2. To relieve poverty and need. 3. To encourage the study and practice of any useful branch of human knowledge.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£286,180£349,246514 April 2026
31 December 2024£383,289£293,828513 March 2025
31 December 2023£252,384£275,98857 March 2024
31 December 2022£246,104£300,218514 March 2023
31 October 2021£230,134£166,553510 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
Gyleworks, 34 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.hopscotch-charity.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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