OSCR Scottish charity profile

Penicuik Community First Responders

Known as Penicuik First Responders

ActiveCharity number SC037495
Registered22 September 2006
Main locationMidlothian
Legal formOther

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037495
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH26 9BB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To save lives and seek the enhancement of health and the advancement of education. Volunteers are trained by the Scottish Ambulance Service, and then attend local people to administer urgently required emergency care until the ambulance arrives. In addition training courses in Basic Emergency Life Support are delivered to the local population, and we maintain 10 external public access defibrillators in Penicuik.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1.1 To save lives: a) Enable our volunteer PCFRs to be dispatched by the Scottish Ambulance Service (hereafter referred to as SAS) Ambulance Control Centre (hereafter referred to as ACC), to respond to appropriate calls. b) Bridge the gap from the time when a 999 call is made in the Penicuik area, and the arrival time of an emergency ambulance response. c) Only attend calls/incidents within the Penicuik agreed area, for which they have been trained, in accordance with the current SAS procedures. d) Work within the guidelines, policies and terms of agreements set by the SAS, for volunteering PCFRs. e) Assist the SAS where necessary with the selection, training and assessment of volunteer Community First Responders (hereafter referred to as CFRs), as well as the provision of on-going training and assessments, as guided by the SAS. f) Aim to provide Penicuik with cover from PCFRs, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 4.1.2 To seek the advancement of health and the advancement of education:

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£8,632£307013 June 2026
31 October 2024£580£1,36208 June 2025
31 October 2023£1,595£1,132023 May 2024
31 October 2022£6,051£2,71602 March 2023
31 October 2021£200£244011 May 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
3 Crockett Gardens , Penicuik , Midlothian
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.penicuikcfr.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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