OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Friends of Magale

ActiveCharity number SC045619
Registered14 May 2015
Main locationWest Lothian
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045619
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Overseas only
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH54 6FT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

' The Friends of Magale ' trustees and supporters aim to improve the lives of young people in the village of Magale in Eastern Uganda. The charity aims to improve the welfare and the educational opportunities of the young people mostly girls. These young people are mostly orphans while some are blind and others are albinos. Money is raised from car boots, donations and sponsorships. This year the money raised has been used to pay fees, food, uniforms, laptops for older students, water tanks, lightning conductors, fire extinguisers, beds, mattresses, computers, a TV and two keyboards.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the promotion of equality and diversity

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The association's objects are: To relieve the poverty of the orphans in St. Angela Boarding Primary School, Magale, P.O.box 549, Mbale, Uganda. To assist orphans with disabilities including blindness and albinoism. To advance the education of the children To advance the health of the children To advance citizenship and community development within the orphanage. To promote equality and diversity by promoting education especially for girls beyond primary school. To provide recreational facilities to improve physical and mental well being.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£54,103£44,47209 December 2025
31 March 2024£40,039£36,347010 December 2024
31 March 2023£26,098£26,872019 December 2023
31 March 2022£26,767£22,468018 November 2022
31 March 2021£21,427£23,668018 November 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
37, New Calder Mill Road, Livingston, West Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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