OSCR Scottish charity profile

Ethnic Minorities Law Centre

ActiveCharity number SC018379
Registered18 September 1991
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC018379
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
7
Postcode
G1 2ER

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide Accessible Legal Services to BAME and venerable groups in the form of Justice

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the promotion of equality and diversity

Beneficiaries

  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are:- (1) To relieve poverty by increasing the availability of, and facilitating access to, legal advice, assistance and representation geared to the special needs of persons who are in a state of poverty where such advice, assistance and representation could not readily be obtained by such persons elsewhere. (2) To advance education and in particular to increase knowledge and awareness of the law in the fields of immigration law, race relations, prisoners' rights, family, housing, social security, personal debt, consumer matters, equal opportunity, human rights, rights of victims of crimes or accidents, employment, children and social work and all other fields in relation to which there appears, in the opinion of the directors, to be insufficient general knowledge and awareness of the law

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£419,949£379,731731 December 2025
31 March 2024£377,467£364,649727 March 2025
31 March 2023£410,275£422,69178 February 2024
31 March 2022£427,138£402,017715 February 2023
31 March 2021£527,450£448,598731 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
41 St Vincent Place, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.emlc.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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