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Lothiansound

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC002810
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed May 21, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 18, 1988
Legal form
Unincorporated association

Address

Address
4 West Camus Road
Edinburgh
EH10 6RB

Contact

Website
lothiansound.org.uk
Screenshot of the Lothiansound website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

To prepare and send a weekly Talking Newspaper to blind and partially sighted persons in Edinburgh and Lothian

Beneficiaries: 'Older People','People with disabilities or health problems'

Objectives: Lothiansound is established for charitable purposes only and specifically to relieve the blind or partially sighted or those labouring under temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain, through the provision of news and information on audiotape, CD, memory stick, wireless, online, app, virtual assistant technology or other suitable medium. In furtherance of the above objects Lothiansound shall have the right to operate such facilities as are deemed necessary by the Executive Committee, and Lothiansound will seek to cooperate with any other body, whether statutory or voluntary, having objects which are consistent with the objects of Lothiansound. In this respect efforts will be made to initiate such cooperation.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 May 21, 2026On time £2,935 £4,432
Dec. 31, 2024 April 30, 2025On time £2,653 £4,648
Dec. 31, 2023 April 20, 2024On time £3,777 £5,686
Dec. 31, 2022 June 26, 2023On time £3,098 £4,074
Dec. 31, 2021 June 16, 2022On time £1,273 £4,470
Dec. 31, 2020 June 17, 2021 £2,451 £4,374

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.