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Sporting Start

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC048015
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 30, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 21, 2017
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
c/o Clyde& Co LLP
Albany House
58 Albany Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3QR

Contact

Website
sportingstart.org
Screenshot of the Sporting Start website

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'the advancement of public participation in sport'

To enable deprived children who would not otherwise get the chance to participate in sport. We do this by awarding grants to organisations who are able to provide sports to the most deprived areas of Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people'

Objectives: The organisation's purposes are: The advancement of public participation in sport through the provision of grants to individuals and organisations to allow them to participate in various sporting activities.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 Sept. 30, 2025On time £20,742 £22,169
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 29, 2024On time £29,483 £24,201
Dec. 31, 2022 Sept. 27, 2023On time £26,346 £35,384
Dec. 31, 2021 Sept. 23, 2022On time £31,984 £22,199
Dec. 31, 2020 Sept. 30, 2021On time £14,550 £12,307

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