01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042817
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- EH12 5AA
OSCR note: Previous name - Families Need Fathers Scotland from 20/12/2011 to 16/10/2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
For the relief of parents and their children and other close family members living in Scotland or having a family member in Scotland who are suffering from the consequences of divorce or separation by providing advice, assistance and other support and, in so doing, helping parents stay in touch with their children after divorce or separation. - To further the emotional development of children in Scotland whose parents have divorced or separated by encouraging shared parenting arrangements which enable such children to have continuing and meaningful relationships with both their parents.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 For the relief of parents and their children and other close family members living in Scotland or having a family member in Scotland who are suffering from the consequences of divorce or separation by providing advice, assistance and other support and, in so doing, helping parents stay in touch with their children after divorce or separation. 4.2 To further the emotional development of children in Scotland whose parents have divorced or separated by encouraging shared parenting arrangements which enable such children to have continuing and meaningful relationships with both their parents. 4.3 To conduct study and research into problems concerned with children in Scotland who are deprived of the presence of a parent in their family. and into the problems concerned with establishing good relations between parents who do not live together, and to publish the useful results of all such study and research in order to encourage appropriate changes in professional and public opinion.’
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 6 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £212,588 | £208,684 | 6 | 8 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £220,198 | £202,306 | 6 | 23 August 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £192,830 | £198,254 | 6 | 20 July 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £133,452 | £152,826 | 6 | 18 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
- 10 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.sharedparenting.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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