01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011052
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 206
- Postcode
- EH7 5QY
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 18 March 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC011052 Edinburgh Cyrenian Trust, which was a Charitable Trust registered as a charity since 17 October 1969
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our mission is to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness through learning from lived experience. delivering targeted services focused on prevention, early intervention and support into a home. and influencing policy and legislation
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
2 The Cyrenians’ mission is to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey. In pursuance of this, the purposes of Cyrenians are: 2.1 To provide and develop services: 2.1.1 to alleviate conflict and promote understanding between people in their families and in the community. 2.1.2 to support and help and to accommodate where appropriate, people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 2.1.3 to assist people without work into useful and rewarding employment. 2.1.4 to promote healthy eating and to educate and support people in the values of good food, nutrition and health. 2.1.5 to promote environmental sustainability and to minimise waste. 2.1.6 to relieve poverty, exclusion and need, and to provide any other service that the trustees deem necessary in support of the Cyrenians’ mission. 2.2 The provision of financial assistance in any form to any body, corporate or unincorporated, any group, organisation or association whose purposes are similar to those declared above which is active and operating for the benefit of individuals or communities and is itself established for charitable purposes only.
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 | £8,845,000 | £599,000 | £7,817,000 | £49,000 | £59,000 | £321,000 | £8,697,000 | £185,000 | £8,512,000 | £0 | 206 | 12 August 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £8,364,000 | £501,000 | £7,748,000 | £51,000 | £68,000 | −£4,000 | £8,728,000 | £263,000 | £8,465,000 | £0 | 206 | 18 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £7,778,000 | £423,000 | £7,074,000 | £212,000 | £44,000 | £25,000 | £8,002,000 | £452,000 | £7,550,000 | £0 | 206 | 2 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £6,978,000 | £493,000 | £6,152,000 | £262,000 | £7,000 | £64,000 | £7,120,000 | £656,000 | £6,411,000 | £53,000 | 206 | 27 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £6,064,557 | £793,806 | £5,078,760 | £174,719 | £496 | £16,776 | £5,942,386 | £515,222 | £5,446,438 | −£19,274 | 206 | 16 December 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
- Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.cyrenians.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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