01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000501
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 29
- Postcode
- EH6 4BL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our Mission Is to support young people to achieve their full potential. Our Vision Is a country which values community-based youth work and its positive impact on young people’s lives. Our Pillars As a national youth work organisation, Youth Scotland’s work is expansive and varied, but much of what we do can be put in four key areas of community-based youth work that we call our 4 Pillars: 1. Membership: supporting our member youth groups 2. Programmes: youth leadership and national programmes 3. Training: training volunteers and youth workers 4. Youth awards: accredited youth awards
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Charity's objects are to assist young people in Scotland to be confident, resilient and ready to reach their full potential. the Charity will aim to achieve this by supporting a network of youth groups and delivering services which help young people to learn, succeed and make positive contributions to their communities. In particular the Charity aims: 7.1 to encourage young people in Scotland aged from 5-25 years of age to find new interests, to form positive relationships with other people, and to contribute to developments in their own and the wider community. 7.2 to encourage young people in Scotland to organise and conduct activities for themselves, thus learning to aspire and achieve, accept and handle responsibility. 7.3 to provide training and other support for volunteers and paid workers who support the development of young people. 7.4 to encourage the involvement of young people in Scotland in a range of projects (delivered in Scotland or elsewhere) which contribute to their development and their local communities. 7.5 to support a thriving network of diverse organisations that use a youth work approach
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,041,211 | £2,033,455 | 29 | 9 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,786,970 | £1,928,583 | 29 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,620,550 | £1,912,866 | 29 | 29 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,054,292 | £1,799,601 | 29 | 15 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,777,550 | £1,670,274 | 29 | 15 November 2021 |
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
- Balfour House, 19 Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.youthscotland.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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