OSCR Scottish charity profile

Lothian Children's Deaf Club

Known as LCDC

ActiveCharity number SC053431
Registered11 June 2024
Main locationMidlothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053431
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
EH19 3JN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Our charity supports deaf children and their families through inclusive, community-focused initiatives. We run a monthly club session that provides a welcoming space for children to connect, build confidence, and have fun, while families share experiences and support one another. In addition, we organise accessible events designed to remove barriers and ensure full participation for deaf children. We also develop and provide British Sign Language (BSL) resources for schools, helping to promote awareness, inclusion, and effective communication in educational settings. To further empower families, we offer funding to support them in learning BSL, strengthening communication at home and enhancing children’s wellbeing. Our work is strengthened through collaboration with key partners, including NDCS, NHS Lothian’s paediatric audiology steering group, and local education teams across Lothian councils.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation’s purposes are: To provide and organise recreational activities to meet the psychological needs of Deaf children and their families. To relieve of those in need through providing peer support, BSL learning opportunities and collaboration with other Deaf professionals. In furtherance of the purposes above the organisation will Run a social club to provide interpreted activities, provide parents and carers opportunity to chat and gain peer to peer support and for Deaf children to build relationships with peers through social events and celebrations. Collaborate with other professionals to provide families with information in terms of family support, educational support and health support.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2026£0£01Not supplied
30 June 2025£33,702£6,796126 March 2026

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
25 Auld Coal Bank, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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