OSCR Scottish charity profile

Comrades Of Children Overseas

Known as COCO

ActiveCharity number SC030428
Registered9 August 2000
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC030428
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
NE1 4SE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Want to create a joyful world where every child has access to quality education by creating lasting, self-sustainable sources of quality education for children in poor and marginalised communities — helping them thrive today and build brighter futures tomorrow. This includes supporting income generating actions such fish farms, agriculture training and chicken farms to sustain income in the local community and build appropriate infrastructure including Dormitories , water tanks, sports fields, kitchens and obviously classrooms

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The Charity's objects ('Objects') are wholly charitable (the word charitable having the meaning ascribed to it for the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 505 of the income and corporation Taxes Act 1988 or any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof) and are:- a) The relief of suffering and distress of children throughout the world in areas stricken by poverty, natural disaster or war by providing support, facilities, equipment, supplies or funds. and b) The advancement of education by providing educational facilities or equipment, funds or supplies for the benefit of children in such areas.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£114,427£145,218330 June 2026
31 August 2024£145,643£136,659329 May 2025
31 August 2023£231,699£277,370330 May 2024
31 August 2022£255,775£316,54839 June 2023
31 August 2021£341,413£216,874331 May 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
c/o Newcastle University Business School, 5 Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
Website supplied to OSCR
www.coco.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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