01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC029685
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- IV2 7LL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Overseas Child Sponsorship
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company's objects are:- (a) The advancement of the Christian Religion (b) The relief of poverty and distress in children and their families, primarily but not exclusively in Guatemala and Albania by the operating of an 'Adopt a Child' scheme
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £984,383 | £859,049 | £123,689 | £0 | £1,645 | £0 | £1,220,938 | £186,195 | £1,034,743 | £0 | 7 | 30 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £1,332,397 | £1,217,360 | £114,979 | £0 | £58 | £0 | £1,000,980 | £185,182 | £815,798 | £0 | 7 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,034,855 | £912,023 | £122,777 | £0 | £55 | £0 | £1,035,107 | £177,547 | £857,560 | £0 | 7 | 22 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £981,872 | £870,590 | £111,236 | £0 | £46 | £0 | £1,003,146 | £189,191 | £813,955 | £0 | 7 | 18 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,036,055 | £967,465 | £68,552 | £0 | £38 | £0 | £1,052,720 | £173,229 | £879,491 | £0 | 7 | 30 September 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
- Culloden Centre, Keppoch Road, Culloden, Inverness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.livingwateradoptachild.org/uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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