01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006901
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 85
- Postcode
- AB11 5EE
OSCR note: Previous name S.C.A.R.F. from 06/11/2002 to 07/06/2023
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Scarf is a fuel poverty charity that provides advice on behaviour change and how to install measures in the home to make it more energy efficient and reduce fuel poverty levels. Scarf also provides financial aid to households who are in emergency situation to ensure they are not left in a cold home.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The prevention or relief of poverty and the advancement of health of the elderly or infirm or other persons in necessitous circumstances, especially those in unsatisfactory housing conditions, by promoting and undertaking the thermal and environmental improvement of the households of such persons and other community buildings in Scotland and by providing such other assistance with heating and insulating schemes as may be appropriate. 2.2 The advancement of education in all aspects of energy conservation and the efficient and effective use of energy by the provision of advice, information and educational programmes for individuals and for groups 2.3 The promotion and/or provision of training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist the recipients thereof in obtaining paid employment.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £4,044,301 | £3,616,897 | 85 | 1 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,481,256 | £3,400,696 | 85 | 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,524,956 | £3,688,168 | 85 | 28 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,393,446 | £2,354,104 | 85 | 5 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,188,353 | £2,032,979 | 85 | 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
- 1 Cotton Street, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.scarf.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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