OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Potter's Hand

ActiveCharity number SC045930
Registered25 August 2015
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045930
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB11 5QP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is driven by the primary purpose of preventing or relieving poverty. improving (physical and mental) wellbeing through the provision of recreational facilities and organization of recreational activities for the persons for whom the interventions are intended. and the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or any other disadvantage.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

3.1 Relief of poverty through operating. Rehabilitation Centres for victims of drugs & alcohol addiction and for training for work skills and acquisition of life long skills, 3.2 Promote equality and diversity through providing, advocating for and referring transformed victims of drugs and alcohol addiction, the jobless and the homeless to employers, local authority and social services for better access to work and housing, 3.3 Provide recreational facilities to improve the health and wellbeing of victims of substance abuse, the homeless and the jobless.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£2,175£0£0£0£0£0£2,504£0£0£0013 March 2025
31 December 2023£3,310£0£0£0£0£0£895£0£0£0019 September 2024
31 December 2022£1,441£0£0£0£0£0£603£0£0£0014 September 2023
31 December 2021£23,232£0£0£0£0£0£22,907£0£0£0027 September 2022
31 December 2020£540£0£0£0£0£0£154£0£0£001 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
29-31 Palmerston Road, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
www.pottershand.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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