01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC004417
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- SE1 2TU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The principal objective of the charity is to fund the advancement of scientific knowledge and education by providing financial support to enable scientists to visit laboratories within the United Kingdom or elsewhere for the purposes of learning specialised techniques to obtain first-hand knowledge from a recognised expert in a field that would assist them in their studies.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The advancement of education.
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 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £300 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £300 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £300 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £400 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,360 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £305 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2022 |
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
- c/o The Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 130-132 Tooley Street, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.acb.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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