OSCR Scottish charity profile

Home-Start Lomond [SCIO]

Known as Home Start Lomond

ActiveCharity number SC053026
Registered21 December 2023
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053026
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
4
Postcode
G84 9HL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are set up to provide individualised support to families with young children in a confidential, compassionate and non-judgemental way. We do this by providing both staff and volunteer led family centered support at home and by developing and facilitating a range of activities developed on a needs identified basis. An extremely high level of training is provided for volunteers through the national Home-Start UK programme and also through our local tailored offer.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4. The organisation's purposes are: Home-Start Lomond has been formed to benefit families with young children in Helensburgh and Lomond, and West Dunbartonshire with the purposes listed in the sub clauses below, hereto ('the Purposes'), to be exercised following the principles of sustainable development (where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs). The Purposes of Home-Start Lomond are: (a) To provide tailored support to families and individuals with young children in a confidential, compassionate and non-judgemental way (b) To protect and promote the health and wellbeing of children and their parents/carers.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£04Not supplied
31 March 2025£177,939£115,451427 August 2025

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
Drumfork Community Centre, Churchill Square, Helensburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
https://homestartlomond.org.uk
Parent charity
Home-Start UK · In Scotland SC039172. Registered in England Company no. 5382181.

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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