OSCR Scottish charity profile

Viewforth Cockenzie Brethern

Known as The Open Brethren

ActiveCharity number SC046839
Registered12 September 2016
Main locationEast Lothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046839
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH32 9LE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

A church providing Church services and supporting Christian workers in the UK and abroad.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • 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: 4.1 to advance. and promote the Christian religion. 4.2 to advance. and assist in relieving poverty. 4 .3 to promote. and spread the Christian Gospel. 4.4 to relieve suffering and hardship where it is known.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£10,567£8,713025 June 2026
30 September 2024£8,579£9,167026 June 2025
30 September 2023£7,390£9,556020 May 2024
30 September 2022£10,939£8,282023 June 2023
30 September 2021£9,170£8,373019 May 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
1 Forth View, Preston Road, East Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
www.viewforthgospelhall.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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