OSCR Scottish charity profile

Rights Advice Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC033672
Registered16 October 2002
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC033672
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G1 1LH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We support Welfare Rights Officers within Scottish local authorities to learn and to share their knowledge so that collectively we can help low income households maximise their income and therefor reduce poverty

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of individuals or organisations providing advice, assistance or representation on welfare rights issues within Scotland by the advancement of education relating to welfare rights issues and the relief of poverty and distress.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£11,888£10,471020 August 2026
31 October 2024£10,897£10,450022 July 2025
31 October 2023£11,000£9,868019 July 2024
31 October 2022£9,815£7,53206 July 2023
31 October 2021£8,632£6,363011 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
Glasgow City HSCP, C/O Welfare Rights, Commonwealth House, 32 Albion Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.rascot.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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