OSCR Scottish charity profile

Victim Support Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC002138
Registered23 August 1985
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC002138
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
101-250 volunteers
Staff
113
Postcode
G1 4RZ
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 1st April 2019 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company Victim Support Scotland SC110185

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Victim Support Scotland is a national charity, supported by regional infrastructure which is designed to provide trauma informed, individualised and local support for those individuals who are victims or witnesses of crime. We provide this support to anyone who has been affected by crime, regardless of whether it has been reported to the Police. We work in partnership with those agencies involved in the criminal justice sector and use the knowledge we gain from those affected by crime to influence national policy and to create a more effective and supportive justice system.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1 to reduce the distress and disadvantageous effects on victims and witnesses of crime and other forms of harmful behaviour having similar effects to crime, including on the families and friends of such persons and others affected to the extent that they are in need of such emotional & practical support. and 4.2 to advance public education and awareness in relation to the impact of crime and other forms of harmful behaviour having similar effects to crime, on all those affected and to champion the rights of victims and witnesses and all others affected by crime

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£8,332,043£6,697,06011324 November 2025
31 March 2024£6,793,132£6,445,96811330 September 2024
31 March 2023£7,308,896£6,082,74211313 December 2023
31 March 2022£5,551,132£5,157,35311317 November 2022
31 March 2021£4,998,328£4,862,59511327 October 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
4th Floor, Granite House, , 31-33 Stockwell Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.victimsupport.scot
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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