OSCR Scottish charity profile

Tearfund

ActiveCharity number SC037624
Registered10 November 2006
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037624
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
901
Postcode
TW11 8QE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of religion
  • 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
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • 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

4. (A) The objects for which the Company is established are: (1) (a) to relieve poverty, suffering and distress and prevent disease and ill health among the peoples of the World. and (b) to promote Christian education and Faith

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£80,238,000£77,667,00090123 December 2025
31 March 2024£82,587,000£82,727,00090124 November 2024
31 March 2023£85,382,000£90,292,00090115 January 2024
31 March 2022£79,474,000£76,914,00090115 November 2022
31 March 2021£81,367,000£77,756,0009019 November 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
100 Church Road, Teddington, Middlesex
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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