01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042089
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- RG7 3YG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
the relief of blind and partially sighted children and young persons up to the age of 25 for the Public Benefit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £328,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £328,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 1 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £316,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £316,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 19 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £311,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £311,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £631,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £631,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £534,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £534,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 September 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
- Hillfields, Reading Road, Burghfield Common, Reading
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.guidedogs.org.uk
- Parent charity
- The Guide Dogs for the Blind Assocation · SC038979
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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