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Finlay's Friends

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC046675
Status
Active
Registered
July 5, 2016
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
3 The Forge
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 9ED

Contact

Activities

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

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

Finlay's Friends provides comfort kits for families of children who are rushed to hospital in an emergency. These kits provide essentials for an unplanned hospital stay including toilet kits, blankets. socks, chocolate, water bottle, phone charger, notebook and pen etc to ease pressure on parents and help build emotional resilience. These are supplied to Scottish hospitals.

Objectives: The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are for: 4.1.1. the relief of those in need by reason of ill-health, in particular, to provide emergency support for families and those responsible for seriously ill children living in the Area of Benefit admitted to hospital in an emergency situation by providing comfort kits and other help of a non-financial nature.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Fife
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Accounts
July 31, 2025 £14,808 £11,478
July 31, 2024 £5,306 £5,271 PDF 2.6 MB
July 31, 2023 £5,277 £2,339
July 31, 2022 £21,365 £9,276
July 31, 2021 £2,104 £1,797