OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends of Howwood Park

ActiveCharity number SC051509
Registered18 January 2022
Main locationRenfrewshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC051509
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
PA9 1DS
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 07/08/2025 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC716490, company name: FRIENDS OF HOWWOOD PARK LTD)

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Friends of Howwood Park is set up to help ensure Howwood Park is a well maintained and safe public site which can enhance the quality of life for local people by improving their physical and mental health and act as a focus for bringing people to-gether, in particular. 1. The advancement of environmental protection and improvements of Howwood Park, for the benefit of the public now and in the future. 2. The advancement of citizenship or community development, and 3. The organisation and provision of recreational and leisure facilities and activities with the objects of improving the conditions of life for people of all abilities for which the facility is for.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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 environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3.1 The advancement of environmental protection and improvements of Howwood Park, for the benefit of the public now and in the future. 3.2 The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration) to promote community sustainability and participation by linking with others to develop skills and experience allowing them to undertake activities or deliver initiatives as well as promoting, encouraging partnership, and offering networking opportunities for local people. 3.3 The organisation and provision of recreational and leisure facilities and activities with the objects of: 3.3.1 improving the conditions of life for people of all abilities for which the facilities and activities are primarily intended. 3.3.2 encouraging correct use of the facilities and engagement in activities appropriate to the environment. 3.3.3 benefitting and further protecting and improving the Park.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

4 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£22,814£20,949014 August 2025
31 December 2023£31,373£40,358030 September 2024
31 December 2022£106,257£11,847015 October 2023

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
41 Linister Crescent, Howwood, Renfrewshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.friendsofhowwoodpark.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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