01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- 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
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 13 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £844,872 | £1,103 | £839,252 | £0 | £4,517 | £0 | £805,303 | £46,418 | £758,885 | £0 | 13 | 27 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £791,557 | £1,362 | £786,232 | £0 | £3,963 | £0 | £799,785 | £46,696 | £753,089 | £0 | 13 | 31 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £704,903 | £2,154 | £699,419 | £0 | £3,330 | £0 | £907,233 | £43,139 | £864,094 | £0 | 13 | 30 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £870,380 | £2,545 | £867,269 | £0 | £566 | £0 | £671,191 | £35,659 | £635,532 | £0 | 13 | 11 November 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
- 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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