OSCR Scottish charity profile

Elim Befriending Service

ActiveCharity number SC048011
Registered20 December 2017
Main locationNorth Lanarkshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048011
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
ML1 2TN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To alleviate lonliness and social isolation for vulnerable people

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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The organisation's purposes are to relieve the suffering and distress of adults and older adults who are isolated and lonely as a result of illness, disability, age or family circumstances. This will be done by: 4.1 Demonstrating the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by promoting the welfare of adults and older adults by providing, managing and operating a Befriending Service to bring vulnerable adults and older adults together to reduce isolation and to participate in social and recreational opportunities.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£12,292£0£0£0£0£0£20,602£0£0£0210 March 2026
31 December 2024£15,160£0£0£0£0£0£20,670£0£0£0224 July 2025
31 December 2023£27,644£0£0£0£0£0£20,189£0£0£0219 August 2024
31 December 2022£9,377£0£0£0£0£0£16,616£0£0£0227 September 2023
31 December 2021£27,577£0£0£0£0£0£17,995£0£0£0221 February 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
Elim Christian Centre, Airbles Road, Motherwell
Website supplied to OSCR
www.motherwell-elim.org.uk/ebs1
Parent charity
Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance · SC037754
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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