01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC031038
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 85
- Postcode
- EH22 5TA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity aims to build the best beginnings for children. To do this the charity provides perinatal services to support attuned relations between the parent/carer and the infant. The charity offers early learning and childcare through 6 family learning centres and provides a range of family learning and family support services. In addition the charity provides therapeutic services to adults and children.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) To advance the education of pre-school children, and with particular reference to the promotion of personal growth and development among children of three years or under. (2) To relieve the needs of children suffering from mental and/or physical disability, illness or impairment. (3) To provide advisory, counselling and other support services to the families of young children in order to help such children to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacity so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,942,992 | £1,855,492 | 85 | 12 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,612,749 | £1,694,599 | 85 | 15 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,860,146 | £1,914,060 | 85 | 11 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,918,578 | £1,997,005 | 85 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,754,328 | £1,679,259 | 85 | 13 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
- Colliery Court, McSence Business Park, 32 Sycamore Road, Mayfield, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.midlothiansurestart.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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