01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC005964
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 704
- Postcode
- EH4 4GA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Provide support for adults and children with learning disabilities and their carers.
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
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
1.1.1 the relief of those in need by reason of financial hardship, age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage. 1.1.2 the advancement of education. and 1.1.3 the advancement of health.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £18,980,599 | £19,212,869 | 704 | 8 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £16,889,004 | £16,993,855 | 704 | 2 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £16,654,597 | £16,072,985 | 704 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £16,132,552 | £15,391,734 | 704 | 4 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £15,657,930 | £15,038,409 | 704 | 26 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
- The Prentice Centre, 1 Granton Mains Avenue, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.actiongroup.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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