01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008897
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 581
- Postcode
- G1 1UZ
OSCR note: Previous legal name Scottish Association For Mental Health from 11 April 1983 to 31 January 2024.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. Today, we operate over 70 services in communities across Scotland, providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others. Together with national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention, and physical activity and sport, these services inform SAMH’s policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Company is established are to raise awareness about and promote mental health and general welfare and to uphold and advance the interests of those citizens who experience mental health problems and all their families and carers (the 'Objects').
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £23,270,685 | £22,994,086 | 581 | 15 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £20,431,863 | £21,371,055 | 581 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £20,676,526 | £20,267,113 | 581 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £19,508,776 | £18,293,890 | 581 | 5 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £18,428,857 | £16,661,881 | 581 | 27 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
- Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.samh.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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