OSCR Scottish charity profile

Action On Smoking & Health (Scotland)

Known as ASH Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC010412
Registered14 December 1992
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC010412
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
13
Postcode
EH2 4YN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are the leading charity working in and for Scotland to bring about a healthier country, free from the harms and inequalities caused by the use of tobacco and related products. We provide expert information and statistical analysis to develop evidence-based and lived experience informed policies, and lead consensus building among health stakeholders to influence effective legislative and regulatory actions to tackle the use of addictive health-harming tobacco and related products.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older 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

The objects for which the Company is established are the advancement of health to protect people from the harmful effects of tobacco through promoting and encouraging effective policy and standards development. training and education in cessation and prevention and dissemination of research and relevant information for the benefit of all communities and the public generally

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£844,872£805,3031327 November 2025
31 March 2024£791,557£799,7851331 October 2024
31 March 2023£704,903£907,2331330 November 2023
31 March 2022£870,380£671,1911311 November 2022
31 March 2021£752,830£769,9991319 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
4th Floor, 121 George Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ashscotland.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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