01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC003458
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- G3 8SJ
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 03/09/2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by The Scottish Cot Death Trust which was a Charitable Trust registered as a charity since 12/06/1985.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Trust has existed as a charity since 1985. We have three primary areas of work. We provide support for families who have experienced sudden and unexpected death in infancy and childhood (SUDIC). We provide education and training around SUDIC. We are Scotland’s only charity advocating for research into the causes and prevention of SUDIC. Our Support reaches out to families impacted by the sudden and unexpected loss of their child and provides bereavement care to any family member who has been affected by the loss of a young child up to the age of five years old. This involves - Intensive, person-centred, trauma-informed support work - Counselling provision through an extensive network of affiliated professionals across Scotland. - Play therapy and Youth Counselling - Parent and sibling support resources Next Infant Support Programme (NISP) provide emotional and psychological support to those families who have previously lost a child who go on to have another pregnancy
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The SCIO will promote, advance and further the following charitable purposes:- 7.1.1 the advancement of education. 7.1.2 the advancement of health. 7.1.3 the saving of lives. 7.1.4 the advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science. 7.1.5 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. and 7.1.6 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £201,299 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £235,082 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £176,554 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £226,862 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 2 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £203,695 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £264,609 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 10 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £159,925 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £230,267 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £252,063 | £171,954 | £73,246 | £0 | £6,863 | £0 | £267,503 | £39,464 | £228,039 | £0 | 6 | 23 December 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
- 5th Floor (5B), West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital, Dalnair Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.scottishcotdeathtrust.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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