01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC036744
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 10
- Postcode
- ML3 6QR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity provides a range of services primarily to help parents and children going through the rigours of parental separation and/or divorce. It provides three main services in this context, namely, Child Contact Centres (for non-resident parents to be able to spend time with their children either on a Supervised basis, a Supported basis or a Handover basis at/from our Child Contact Centre in Hamilton), Child Focused Mediation and Parenting Apart group sessions. Contact Centre services are provided in person or online. Mediation is provided on an online basis either face to face or by Shuttle mediation. Parenting Apart is provided online and includes a number of different parents although both parents from separation would not be at the same session. All of these services are also available for grandparents and other family members if appropriate and can include stepfamily and intergenerational mediation.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote the welfare and relieve the needs of divorced and separating couples, whether or not involved in any court proceedings, and any children of such couples, by assisting, so far as is possible, in the amicable resolution of any disputes arising from divorce or separation in respect of the future care and welfare of the said children, in the appreciation and understanding of the problems and the interests of such children in adapting to and coping with their changed situations and circumstances and in any other way whatsoever charitable in law.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £205,664 | £205,455 | 10 | 17 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £230,760 | £183,289 | 10 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £222,953 | £176,691 | 10 | 27 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £194,385 | £172,783 | 10 | 22 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £159,255 | £149,879 | 10 | 24 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
- Hamilton Business Centre, 194 Quarry Street, Hamilton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.familysupport.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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