OSCR Scottish charity profile

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ActiveCharity number SC032844
Registered27 March 2002
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC032844
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
101
Postcode
G2 6AH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The objectives of the charity are to provide care and support services for children, young people, and their families, where there are complex emotional and developmental needs which require intensive trauma informed care and support to assist young people to re-integrate into family and other community settings and to sustain families to remain together. The charity meets its objectives through: • Young People Living with Stepdown in Cottage settings • Young People Living with Stepdown Foster Carers, Respite Carers & Supported Carers • Supporting Young People Going Home and Living Independently • Supporting Young People in the Community • Supporting Families in the Community

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Company's objects are:- (i) To provide residential care and support services for the benefit of young people and adults (normally over fifteen years of age) who have experienced emotional and physical trauma and who are moving out of intensive forms of residential care including secure care.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£5,208,342£0£5,162,077£0£46,265£0£4,679,659£0£4,679,659£010115 December 2025
31 March 2024£4,993,617£2,000£4,972,869£0£18,748£0£4,970,986£0£4,970,986£010124 December 2024
31 March 2023£5,542,975£16,500£5,526,475£0£0£0£4,866,581£0£4,866,581£010119 December 2023
31 March 2022£5,455,655£64,383£5,359,362£0£0£31,910£5,286,784£0£5,286,784£010119 December 2022
31 March 2021£5,534,224£53,311£5,480,297£0£616£0£5,247,981£0£5,247,981£010123 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
McSparran McCormick, Waterloo Chambers, 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
mail@mcsparranmccormick.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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