01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC035600
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- EH11 3RQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Established in 2002, The BIG Project is a trusted and much valued community-based Youth Project which adopts a preventative approach in supporting children and young people aged 5-18 years, living in the Broomhouse area of Edinburgh (SIMD 1 &2). The Project delivers continuing long-term support in the form of a programme of compelling and enriching educational opportunities and experiences incorporating universal youth/ children’s work, holiday activity programmes, targeted small group-work, and individual support ensuring a continuum of support. The main aim of the project is to provide positive and consistent role models for the children and young people, disrupting the cycle of poverty, unemployment and crime that otherwise exists in this area.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the promotion of equality and diversity
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Association (in this constitution referred to as 'the Objects') shall be wholly charitable (the word 'charitable' wherever it appears in this document shall have the meaning ascribed to it for the purposes of section 5O5 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, including any statutory modification or re-enactment of that Act for the time being in force). In particular the Objects shall be: To promote the benefit of children and young people in the area of benefit, without distinction of political, religious or other opinions and to advance their education and provide facilities in the interests of their social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving their conditions of life, building their confidence and self-esteem, and enabling them to play a full and constructive part in all aspects of the life if their community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £96,710 | £82,568 | 3 | 27 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £60,837 | £107,406 | 3 | 4 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £57,533 | £94,732 | 3 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £83,998 | £102,615 | 3 | 6 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £125,403 | £90,277 | 3 | 16 November 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
- The Big Project, Broomhouse Primary School, 33/39 Saughton Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.thebigproject.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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