OSCR Scottish charity profile

Waverley Care SCIO

ActiveCharity number SC036500
Registered21 July 2003
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC036500
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
101-250 volunteers
Staff
45
Postcode
EH8 8DL
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 12 April 2024 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (SC253043

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Waverley Care is Scotland’s national HIV and hepatitis C charity. Our mission is to end HIV inequality and stigma, ensuring that anyone living with or at risk of HIV is treated with acceptance, support and respect. We aim to play a pivotal role in helping Scotland reach zero new HIV transmissions by 2030. As a leading voice in the sector, we influence policy to challenge health inequalities and promote fair access to prevention, testing, treatment and care. We deliver high-quality, non-judgemental advice and support across Scotland, shaped by people with lived experience. Their voices guide our work, from service design to advocacy, ensuring it reflects the needs of the communities we support.

Charitable purposes

  • 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

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the SCIO are:- (a) to promote the welfare of people living with or at risk of blood borne viruses and those affected by them (hereinafter referred to as “the beneficiaries”). (b) to provide care and assistance to the said beneficiaries. (c) to advance education and further understanding of blood borne viruses and their prevention. (d) to enable and encourage the said beneficiaries to participate as fully as possible in the social, economic and civic life of their community. (e) to promote and improve the general health and wellbeing of the said beneficiaries, including but not limited to, their sexual health. and (f) to promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit. The expressions ‘charitable purpose’ or ‘charitable object’ shall mean a charitable purpose under section 7 of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts and a ‘charitable institution’ shall mean a charity in terms of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, or a charity under the law of any other jurisdiction which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, provided that nothing in this Constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the SCIO other than in furtherance of a charitable purpose.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£2,727,884£2,948,922457 October 2025
31 March 2024£2,652,523£3,511,684459 December 2024
31 March 2023£2,691,450£2,823,0054520 October 2023
31 March 2022£2,708,765£2,541,9774528 October 2022
31 March 2021£2,939,790£2,366,5094524 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
Waverley Care, The Melting Pot, , 15 Calton Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.waverleycare.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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