OSCR Scottish charity profile

Church Of God Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC005253
Registered18 April 1984
Main locationHighland
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC005253
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
DD3 7SR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

As a National Christian Charity comprised of other local Christian Charities, the Church of God Scotland has many opportunities to be involved with improving the health and wellbeing of people who live in the communities we serve. Our main purpose or goal as a Christian Charity is to introduces people to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our strategy to accomplish this goal is to love as Jesus loved and to serve as Jesus served. We currently have 20 churches made of a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-generational group of Christians.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • the promotion of equality and diversity
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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 object of the church shall be:- a) The proclamation and furtherance of the Christian Gospel in Scotland according to the acts and teachings of the Church presently as set out in the Minutes current from time to time of the Church of God Worldwide (hereinafter referred to as ‘the international church’) of which the church is a part and which acts and teachings from time to time are hereinafter referred to as “the tenets of the Church”. b) The maintenance of a ministry and administration of the ordinances for the Gospel according the tenets of the Church c) The maintenance of churched and the establishment of new churches for worship in accordance with the tenets of the church d) The provision of preachers, ministers and pastors for the propagation and continuance of the tenets of the church e) The provision of missionaries to work abroad or in the United Kingdom for the propagation and continuance of the tenets of the church

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£109,042£92,687222 May 2026
31 October 2024£31,498£62,788214 July 2025
31 October 2023£62,226£91,002230 May 2024
31 October 2022£98,899£32,598210 July 2023
31 October 2021£197,096£177,153225 June 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
11 Dens Road, Dundee,
Website supplied to OSCR
www.cogscotland.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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