OSCR Scottish charity profile

From Little Acorns

Not SubmittedCharity number SC045288
Registered15 December 2014
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045288
Status
Not Submitted
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
Not supplied
Postcode
EH42 1GG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1 To advance the education of disadvantaged children and their families. In order to achieve this, the organisation aims - 4.1.1 To establish and run free training activities, events and programmes operating within Scotland delivering education and life skills for families and children who are experiencing disadvantage through impaired health, residing within a disadvantaged community and literacy/numeracy needs. 4.1.2 To promote the physical and mental development of children. To encourage their parent/family/guardian to support and encourage their development so as to enable them to grow to full maturity and achieve their full potential as individuals and members of society and so that their conditions of life may be improved. 4.1.3 To promote the To provide free training, education and advice for families to upskill their education and learning so that new skills can be confidently be passed on to their children. 4.1.4 To establish training centres and to engage families and children within those centres with a view to developing and improving families and their children?s ability to learn, be educated, develop life and social skills and enable them to progress positively through formal education and be positive responsible citizens. 4.1.5 To advance the education of the public about the needs of the families/guardians and children, the causes of learning difficulties and the means whereby such difficulties may be overcome. 4.1.6 To relieve the needs of the children/families/guardians who are in need of educational support and/or at disadvantage socially and economically.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

1 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2019£0£0Not supplied

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
8 Wilson Place, Dunbar, East Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
www.fromlittleacorns.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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