OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends of Velemegna

ActiveCharity number SC048727
Registered26 September 2018
Main locationPerth And Kinross
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048727
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH1 2AS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To support the Valemegna Society Hospital in carrying out much needed Eye surgery and associated care to patients who have no resources of their own to access specialist care

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

a) To support the work of the VELEMEGNA Good NEWS Society of VELEMEGNA Society Hospital, Golekhana, Bidar, 585401 , Karnataka State, India ('the Society') in its work. (b) To minister to the poor, marginalized and people with disabilities irrespective of caste, creed , gender or religion in Bidar district and anywhere in India. (c) To provide holistic care for the physical. :-rental. social, economic and spiritual needs of individuals and community and for their development. To develop or promote public health in the community by establishing primary, secondary and tertiary level hospitals, clinics, health centres, educating the public and providing comprehensive health care, prevention, curative and paliative services. (d) To undertake socio-economic, rehabilitation and sustainable development programmes to benefit the urban, rural tribal and underprivileged communities. (e) To partner with other voluntary organizations whether in Scotland or elsewhere and with Government agencies to run projects and for raising resources and to deliver services to fulfil the objectives of the Society.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£33,980£30,55403 August 2026
31 March 2025£16,385£18,816030 July 2025
31 March 2024£22,081£22,03009 January 2025
31 March 2023£10,554£15,51804 December 2023
31 March 2022£11,686£11,030012 December 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
North Cottage, 15 Feus Road, Perth
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.