OSCR Scottish charity profile

West Lothian Hospital Broadcasting Service SCIO

Known as Radio Grapevine

ActiveCharity number SC050302
Registered20 July 2020
Main locationWest Lothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050302
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH54 6PP
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OSCR note: This charity was established to replace (West Lothian Hospital Broadcasting Service-SC022224) (West Lothian Hospital Broadcasting Service-SC022224) has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to (West Lothian Hospital Broadcasting Service SCIO-SC050302) which is a SCIO.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to provide a dedicated broadcasting service with a health and wellbeing focus to patients within St John's Hospital in Livingston and those receiving care in the wider community. We do this by broadcasting live and pre-recorded shows from our dedicated studio within St John's Hospital and listeners can hear us via beside headsets in the hospital or online through our streaming service. Patients and family members can make requests or dedications on our regular live request shows.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • 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

The organisation's purposes are: - the relief of sickness, poor health and old age amongst people living in West Lothian by providing a local broadcasting service for hospitals, residential homes and similar institutions, and for patients receiving community care. - the advancement of health and prevention or relief of sickness for the public benefit through the promotion of the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, and the importance of maintaining good personal mental and physical health by (mainly, but not exclusively) the means of broadcasting health education messages to the community. - provide audio programmes of interest and relevance to those who are patients, sick, infirm or aged and those who may benefit from health and wellbeing information. - make these audio programmes available to similar establishments and/or organisations, if appropriate.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2026£9,695£3,185021 March 2026
31 January 2025£4,340£5,16808 April 2025
31 January 2024£4,575£2,503027 May 2024
31 January 2023£2,563£2,566015 September 2023
31 January 2022£937£3,34804 October 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
St John's Hospital at Howden , Howden Road West, Livingston
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.radiograpevine.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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