OSCR Scottish charity profile

Sacro Trust

ActiveCharity number SC023031
Registered10 October 1994
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC023031
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH6 6NF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity has been set up to provide small grants to individuals who have been directly involved with the Justice system in Scotland. The Trust focuses on grants to individuals to help improve their quality of life, either through workforce support, mental health support or other personal support once leaving the Justice system.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

The objects for which the Trust is established are: to use any lawful means to help, support and sustain any person who has been convicted in a court of law of any offence. to provide help and supporting services to families of offenders and ex-offenders. to develop initiatives in all aspects and methods of social crime prevention.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£28,438£7,881026 November 2025
31 March 2024£44,412£47,597025 November 2024
31 March 2023£25,824£7,391013 November 2023
31 March 2022£36,144£4,038012 December 2022
31 March 2021£16,650£5,198020 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
112 Commercial Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.sacro.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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