OSCR Scottish charity profile

Playback Trust

Not SubmittedCharity number SC031679
Registered18 May 2001
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC031679
Status
Not Submitted
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH14 5DQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To enable access to, or to run, community based social and recreational events for children and young people with disabilities, based on their expressed interests. To raise confidence and self-esteem of children and young people with support needs by designing programmes that allow them to interact effectively with their siblings and peers. To promote active citizenship amongst young people by providing and supporting volunteering opportunities within their local communities at Playback events.

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 promotion of equality and diversity

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To relieve the needs of disabled persons, primarily children by developing an awareness of disability issues and seeking to positively inform attitudes on disability and the inclusion of disabled persons.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 May 2024£0£002 April 2025
31 May 2023£0£0021 March 2024
31 May 2022£1,000£254,892015 July 2023
31 May 2021£300£680016 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
489 Lanark Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.playbacktrust.net
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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