OSCR Scottish charity profile

Advocacy Service Aberdeen

Known as A.S.A.

ActiveCharity number SC024901
Registered22 May 1996
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC024901
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
19
Postcode
AB11 6YG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We provide independent advocacy to people living in Aberdeen City who need support to have their voices heard and their rights upheld. We help individuals to understand their options, express their views, and participate in decisions that affect their lives. This is delivered through one-to-one advocacy support, ensuring that people are listened to and treated fairly by services and decision-makers.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

Objects 2 The company’s objects are: The advancement of citizenship and the advancement of human rights and in furtherance of this the company shall seek:- (a) to provide an advocacy service to residents of Aberdeen, including temporary residents who are users of health and social care services, housing, education and police. and (b) to promote a wider understanding of the needs of service users and the practice of independent advocacy. 3 The company’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 2 (but subject to article 4).

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£611,330£589,4591919 December 2025
31 March 2024£557,709£556,1291917 December 2024
31 March 2023£520,972£535,7491919 December 2023
31 March 2022£513,647£502,8691922 December 2022
31 March 2021£544,237£464,805195 April 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
Aberdeen Business Centre, Willowbank House, Willowbank Road, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
www.advocacy.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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