01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037598
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 55
- Postcode
- EH5 2HF
OSCR note: Previous name The Spartans Community Football Academy from 20/11/2006 to 22/11/2023
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our purpose is clear: to help improve the lives of children, young people, and families living in North Edinburgh. Our focus remains on North Edinburgh, but we remain open to supporting others while prioritising our local community. We are committed to flexible, community-driven programs and initiatives that foster long-term positive change, working collaboratively with other organisations and community members to enhance outcomes. We reinvest profits from our facility rental, community coaching and hospitality services back into the business in order to support and deliver impact in our community. Our social impact objectives focus on three key themes: Education, Youth Work, and Physical Health & Well-being
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3.1 Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of North Edinburgh being that area representing the local authority wards within the area of the City of Edinburgh Council comprising Wards 7, 9 and 10 (the 'Community') without distinction of sex, sexuality, political and religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations an inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities, in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupation so that their conditions of life may be improved, 3.2 promote for the benefit of residents of the Community, community participation in healthy recreation by the provision and management of community facilities for playing particular sports.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2024 | £2,577,081 | £1,941,895 | 55 | 28 August 2025 |
| 30 November 2023 | £1,933,386 | £1,752,919 | 55 | 27 August 2024 |
| 30 November 2022 | £1,638,027 | £1,511,447 | 55 | 30 August 2023 |
| 30 November 2021 | £1,108,742 | £1,042,623 | 55 | 31 August 2022 |
| 30 November 2020 | £1,270,870 | £1,120,790 | 55 | 28 August 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
- Ainslie Park, 94 Pilton Drive, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.spartanscf.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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