OSCR Scottish charity profile

Hometown Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC040228
Registered30 January 2009
Main locationSouth Lanarkshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040228
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
ML11 9DB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

he advancement of citizenship or community development and the advancement of environmental- protection or improvement in Scotland or elsewhere by funding, endowing, enabling and empowering appropriate organisations (including voluntary and charitable organisations), to develop sustainable communities (including by rural or urban regeneration) by acquiring land and property for community development and facilitating the provision of housing, health, employment, recreation and other facilities.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of citizenship or community development and the advancement of environmental- protection or improvement in Scotland or elsewhere by funding, endowing, enabling and empowering appropriate organisations (including voluntary and charitable organisations), to develop sustainable communities (including by rural or urban regeneration) by acquiring land and property for community development and facilitating the provision of housing, health, employment, recreation and other facilities.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2025£0£0030 January 2026
31 January 2024£0£450024 October 2024
31 January 2023£0£0031 July 2023
31 January 2022£0£003 August 2022
31 January 2021£0£138012 October 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 Mechanics Workshop, New Lanark, Lanark, South Lanarkshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.hometown.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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