OSCR Scottish charity profile

Finlay's Friends

ActiveCharity number SC046675
Registered5 July 2016
Main locationFife
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046675
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY12 9ED

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Finlay's Friends provides comfort kits for families of children who are rushed to hospital in an emergency. These kits provide essentials for an unplanned hospital stay including toilet kits, blankets. socks, chocolate, water bottle, phone charger, notebook and pen etc to ease pressure on parents and help build emotional resilience. These are supplied to Scottish hospitals.

Charitable purposes

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

Constitutional objectives

The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are for: 4.1.1. the relief of those in need by reason of ill-health, in particular, to provide emergency support for families and those responsible for seriously ill children living in the Area of Benefit admitted to hospital in an emergency situation by providing comfort kits and other help of a non-financial nature.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£14,808£11,478030 April 2026
31 July 2024£5,306£5,271026 April 2025
31 July 2023£5,277£2,339029 April 2024
31 July 2022£21,365£9,276027 April 2023
31 July 2021£2,104£1,797026 April 2022

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 The Forge, Dunfermline, Fife
Website supplied to OSCR
www.finlaysfriends.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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