01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043317
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- FK8 2DZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity provides a contribution towards the cost of studying for procurement qualifications to procurement staff working across the Scottish HE and FE sector.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
HPDF is established for charitable purposes to provide funding that will ultimately lead to advancement of publicly funded education delivery and provision through enhanced procurement capability, thus bringing better value for money through institutional staff in universities and colleges enhancing their knowledge of best practice, public procurement procedures and regulations
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 July 2026 | £12,486 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £8,899 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 October 2026 |
| 31 July 2025 | £24,381 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,748 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 January 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £24,497 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,303 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 12 February 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £4 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £8,004 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 6 December 2023 |
| 31 July 2022 | £1 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £6,026 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 9 March 2023 |
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
- APUC Ltd, Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen, Stirling
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.hpdf.org
- 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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