OSCR Scottish charity profile

Little Sisters of the Poor, Greenock SCIO

Known as Little Sisters of the Poor

ActiveCharity number SC047397
Registered9 May 2017
Main locationRenfrewshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047397
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
82
Postcode
PA16 8DP
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OSCR note: This charity was established to replace Little Sisters of the Poor, Greenock, SC022090 Little Sisters of the Poor, Greenock, SC022090 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Little Sisters of the Poor, Greenock SCIO, SC047397 which is a SCIO.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide residential care for the elderly

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Older People

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1.1 The SCIO will promote, advance and further its charitable purposes and in doing so adhere to the religious, educational and charitable purposes of the Irish Province as narrated in the deed of trust by the Mothers Superior of the Scottish Houses dated 7, 11, 13 and 17 June 1998 and recorded in the Books of Council & Session (09/2487) on 16 February 2000 by providing health care including residential long term care and all appropriate relevant recreational and therapeutic support to those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (regardless of race or religious belief) by maintaining and operating a care home in Greenock (presently Holy Rosary Residence, 44 Union Street, Greenock, PA16 8DP). In furtherance of the provision of health care, the SCIO will provide specialist medical, nursing and other treatment for the care home?s residents, including spiritual, pastoral and otherwise support to the care home residents, their families and carers.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£082Not supplied
31 December 2024£2,347,841£2,351,2738230 September 2025
31 December 2023£2,062,013£2,160,6628224 September 2024
31 December 2022£1,815,701£1,817,074826 September 2023
31 December 2021£1,772,620£1,697,2658231 August 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
Holy Rosary Residence, 44 Union Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.littlesisterofthepoor.ie/index.php
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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