01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC046297
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- DD1 3AQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are a Scotland-wide parent led charity set up to help children and young people who face challenges and encounter barriers of exclusion due to speech, language and communication difficulties. supporting parents and carers by providing information, guidance and support as well as promoting inclusion, and enhancing the language and communication skills alongside the well-being of children and young people through 1:1 therapeutic support and group activity using a whole family approach. Our support is quality assured using evidence based programmes delivered by a well trained staff team, along with local support from dedicated bank of volunteers. Our main areas of operation are in Dundee and Tayside, Edinburgh and Fife. We run a national Helpline which helps hundreds of families benefit from assistance, offering remote digital 1:1/online group support for families who struggle to find specialist help in their geographic area.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation's purposes are to support the development of speech and language and promote social inclusion for the public benefit of children, young people and adults with speech, language and communication needs. with a focus on impaired speech and language. to relieve their needs and enable them to reach their potential. and to assist them to integrate fully within society.
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 March 2025 | £198,394 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £215,489 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 11 | 23 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £228,287 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £206,852 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 11 | 28 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £246,916 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £240,330 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 11 | 9 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £224,383 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £217,549 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 11 | 5 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2021 | £193,268 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £163,726 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 11 | 28 December 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
- 42-44 Castle Street, Dundee
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.s-l-co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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