OSCR Scottish charity profile

Capability Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC011330
Registered5 April 1958
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
SC011330
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
819
Postcode
EH12 6NZ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Capability Scotland is a trusted not for profit provider of quality care, support and education enabling people with diverse needs to live their best lives. We deliver exemplary services for disabled children, young people and adults in communities across Scotland.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To continue in Scotland the work which has hitherto been undertaken by the unincorporated body known as the Scottish Council for the Care of Spastic Children and those suffering from Allied Conditions, commonly known as the Scottish Council for the Care of Spastics and in pursuance thereof to promote, initiate, plan or assist schemes or activities directed towards the well being of persons suffering from Cerebral Palsy and Allied Conditions andlor from any other illness, disease or accident causing physical handicap or disablement whether or not accompanied by mental handicap or sensory loss. and for these purposes to co-operate with other Companies or unincorporated bodies with objects similar to those of Capability Scotland and to enter into arrangements with Voluntary Associations, Government Departments and public bodies

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£31,801,101£32,064,6748193 December 2025
31 March 2024£29,081,772£29,180,69381923 October 2024
31 March 2023£28,113,927£28,388,5748198 November 2023
31 March 2022£26,107,769£25,258,37381922 November 2022
31 March 2021£24,724,322£23,905,47381916 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
Vantage Point, 24 St John's Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.capability.scot
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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