OSCR Scottish charity profile

Edinburgh & Lothian Council On Alcohol

ActiveCharity number SC004192
Registered14 September 1971
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC004192
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
20
Postcode
EH2 3DT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provision of advice, information, counselling and support to anyone over the age of 18+ who is worried about their own or someone else's alcohol use. Our catchment area is Edinburgh & the Lothians. We also provide a counselling service from within HMP Edinburgh.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1. To promote a comprehensive and co-ordinated community service designed to meet the special needs of those with alcohol problems and those affected by drinking problems. 2. To promote education in all aspects of alcohol, alcohol dependency and alcohol related problems. 3. To co-operate in appropriate research into alcohol dependency and alcohol related problems. 4. To act as liaison between, and support of, those working in the fields of alcohol dependency and alcohol related problems. 5. To promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the above purposes, and to that end to bring together in the Council representatives of voluntary agencies and statutory authorities engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes or any of them.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£393,071£379,6932022 December 2025
31 March 2024£375,913£366,6242012 December 2024
31 March 2023£371,831£314,0552019 December 2023
31 March 2022£351,592£335,7412014 December 2022
31 March 2021£367,413£339,5542020 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
91 Rose Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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