OSCR Scottish charity profile

AR26

ActiveCharity number SC050131
Registered5 May 2020
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050131
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
G77 6FP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Creating chances for children and young people across Scotland, closing the gap on disadvantage and levelling the playing field, supporting those all important first chances in life.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4. The relief of children and their families in need by reason of age, physical or mental ill health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage in the UK but primarily Scotland by providing support services to such children, their parents or carers, and wider communities. We do this, not exclusively by: 4.1 Allowing children to first and foremost be children and recognise their worth by making magical memories during difficult times in their lives via unique / tailored AR26 experiences and support. 4.2 Utilising the passion, platform and power of football to support the significant transition from Primary to Secondary school for young people 4.3 the advancement of participation in sport for children in Scotland by promoting the links between football and wellbeing of children, through the provision of free football with the aim of ensuring every child has the chance to play and experience the positive outcomes of participation 4.4 Reaching harder to reach young people and those disengaged from a fulltime school timetable by utilising their interest in football to involve them in alternate education programmes 4.5 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£122,317£158,205227 February 2026
31 May 2024£299,092£257,369226 February 2025
31 May 2023£175,467£174,445223 February 2024
31 May 2022£85,062£173,494221 February 2023
31 May 2021£208,845£70,496224 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
63 FOXGLOVE ROAD, NEWTON MEARNS, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
ar26.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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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.