OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Costa Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC043414
Registered17 September 2012
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043414
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Overseas only
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
2
Postcode
HP10 9QR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

3.1.1 the prevention or relief of poverty. 3.1.2 the advancement of education, including the establishment and operation of schools and other educational establishments. 3.1.3 the advancement of health or the saving of lives. and 3.1.4 the advancement of environmental protection or environmental improvement,

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£1,712,360£1,615,946218 September 2025
31 December 2023£1,589,574£1,668,672216 September 2024
31 December 2022£1,287,715£1,166,923220 October 2023
31 December 2021£1,967,922£1,802,61028 November 2022
31 December 2020£1,415,862£1,714,221230 September 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
3 Knaves Beech Business Centre, Davies Way, Loudwater, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.costafoundation.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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