OSCR Scottish charity profile

International Play Association Scotland: Promoting the Child's Right to Play

Known as IPA Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC026909
Registered17 July 1997
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC026909
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH1 2UL
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 05 December 2012 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC026909 Playright Scotland Trust, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 17 July 1997

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The organisation's purpose is to protect, preserve and promote the child's right to play as a fundamental human right, as set out in article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In Scotland, our activities include seminars, international play work exchanges and contributing to policy and rights agendas.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purpose is to protect, preserve and promote the child's right to play as a fundamental human right, as set out in article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£404£4,850018 September 2025
31 December 2023£209,875£250,339012 September 2024
31 December 2022£61,234£8,61205 September 2023
31 December 2021£1,419£141022 September 2022
31 December 2020£2,074£617028 September 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
c/o AM Mackin , 12 McLeish Place , Perth
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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