OSCR Scottish charity profile

Early Life

ActiveCharity number SC047435
Registered19 May 2017
Main locationFife
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047435
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY10 3EL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Early Life supports families of premature babies by providing emotional, practical, and informational help. It works with healthcare providers in neonatal units and communities across Romania, offering hospital visits, support groups, and online sessions. The charity helps parents understand medical challenges, build confidence in caring for their children, and access long-term support. Its aim is to empower families affected by prematurity and strengthen community connections so no one faces the journey alone.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The association's main objectives are: provide practical and emotional support to parents of premature babies provide specialized and vital lifesaving equipment for premature and sick babies support the work of the medical professionals in the NICU' s create networks for parents to link with other parents

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£0£204027 February 2026
31 May 2024£2,760£1,850024 February 2025
31 May 2023£8,830£6,089028 February 2024
31 May 2022£3,185£15,357026 February 2023
31 May 2021£47,615£33,037027 August 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
Hilltop, Crail Rd , Cellardyke, Anstruther, Fife
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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