01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053770
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- Not supplied
OSCR note: Previous legal name HBS SCIO from 12 November 2024 to 12 May 2026. This charity has been established to replace Hospital Broadcasting Service, SC009138 Hospital Broadcasting Service, SC009138 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to HBS SCIO, SC053770.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our aim is to provide the highest possible quality of therapeutic radio service to patients in the hospitals which we serve. We will do this by - Ensuring that at all times we meet the needs of the listener, this being the focus for all our activities. - Maintaining the use of professional standards and practices in the management and operation of the Service. - Undertaking training programmes to develop the potential of the membership in areas appropriate to the needs of the Service. - Promoting through external communications, an image which is in keeping with the professional standards of the Service. - Maintaining regular dialogue with appropriate personnel in the hospitals served. - Maintaining ongoing contact with patients through a regular programme of visiting in all the hospitals served. - Providing qualitative targets and measures to support the quality ethos of the Service and the quest for investment in the Service.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Purposes 4 The organisation’s purposes are: a) The objects of the organisation shall be to relieve sickness, infirmity, handicap and old age amongst persons living in the area served by providing a local broadcasting service for hospitals, residential homes, nursing homes for the elderly and other similar establishments. b) For this purpose, the organisation shall maintain a central broadcasting facility.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £13,762 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £20,840 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 1 September 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
- Not supplied
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.hbs.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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