01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC049833
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 16
- Postcode
- EH2 3JZ
OSCR note: This SCIO has been set up to replace Cattanach Charitable Trust (SC020902). On 29 October 2019, OSCR granted consent to the wind up of Cattanach Charitable Trust (SC020902) and transfer the assets and liabilities to a newly created SCIO that is Cattanach (SC049833) which is a SCIO. SC020902 - Cattanach Charitable Trust has now wound up and transferred its assets to Cattanach SC049833 which is a SCIO Cattanach SC049833 was established to replace SC020902 - Cattanach Charitable Trust
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Cattanach is an independent Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) with a focus on supporting early relationships and early childhood. Experiences during very early childhood have a critical impact on health and wellbeing across the lifespan. Strong and nurturing relationships in the early years matter and parents and carers need good social and emotional support as well as secure finances to enable these relationships to flourish. We aim to use our endowment to make the case for greater investment and better systems to support families in the early years, with the views and rights of young children and their carers at the heart of our work. We adopted a new strategy in 2023 in order to maximise our social impact.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- the advancement of animal welfare
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
7. Purposes 7.1. The SCIO will promote, advance and further its charitable purposes by operating as a platform which will support financially and otherwise projects which provide a public benefit ordinarily in the United Kingdom, but also in the Republic of Ireland or internationally, through the use of the SCIO’s assets to fund and invest in those projects. 7.2. In identifying projects, the Charity Trustees will set out (ordinarily with a medium to long term outlook) thematic approaches to the SCIO’s funding and investment strategy to provide focus on a theme to assist the SCIO best create charitable impact in society and for its members. 7.3. (The) strategic theme(s) will be identified from among the widest form of charitable purposes as set out in clause 7.4 below. 7.4. For the purposes of the 2005 Act the following charitable purposes are the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act:- 7.4.1.the prevention or relief of poverty. 7.4.2.the advancement of education. 7.4.3.the advancement of religion. 7.4.4.the advancement of health. 7.4.5.the saving of lives. 7.4.6. the advancement of citizenship or community development. 7.4.7.the advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science. 7.4.8.the advancement of public participation in sport. 7.4.9.the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 7.4.10.the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. 7.4.11.the promotion of religious or racial harmony. 7.4.12.the promotion of equality and diversity. 7.4.13.the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 7.4.14.the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 7.4.15.the advancement of animal welfare. and 7.4.16.any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £470,837 | £1,660,221 | 16 | 7 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £958,574 | £2,676,881 | 16 | 18 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £895,918 | £1,955,708 | 16 | 9 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £771,686 | £1,441,011 | 16 | 7 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £303,148 | £1,804,078 | 16 | 8 September 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
- 14-18 Hill St, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- elevategreat.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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