OSCR Scottish charity profile

Sports Charity Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC033982
Registered14 January 2003
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC033982
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9EE
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OSCR note: Previous name Sportsman's Charity Limited from 14/01/2003 to 02/02/2023

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity generates funds for charitable purposes, particularly those within the fields of sport, youth, disability and the disadvantage by poverty. The funds are then distributed to the insitutions who provide sporting and gaming facilities and support in these areas.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

to relieve the needs and promote the welfare of those with disability or those I disadvantaged by reason of poverty, ill health or infirmity, particularly young people by the provision of sporting and games facilities as well as any other facilities and support which may assist in the alleviation of such disability and disadvantage.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£81,806£82,689018 February 2026
30 June 2024£88,277£82,287026 March 2025
30 June 2023£104,755£101,082028 March 2024
30 June 2022£230£4,71607 March 2023
30 June 2021£2,960£16,379022 March 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
Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey St, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
sportsmanscharity.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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