OSCR Scottish charity profile

African Scottish Development Organisation

ActiveCharity number SC037927
Registered12 March 2007
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037927
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH4 4BY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

'To raise awareness and mobilise resources on issues affecting development of Africans and to work in collaboration with grass root organisations to ensure Africans reach their full development potential.' ASDO is an African initiated and African led organisation for the development of Africans in the developing and developed world. A lot of funding in the developing world gets swallowed up in administrative costs, bureaucracies and protocols and does not reach the people on the grass roots that actually need the funds. ASDO aims to use less than 8% of funding in overhead costs as we would be working in collaboration with other grass root organisations world wide. Most of the administrative work will be done on line in order to save costs. ASDO will work directly with registered grass root organisations in developing world and Africans in diasporas to develop in the areas of health, education and culture.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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
  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

To raise awareness and mobilise resources on issues affecting development of Africans and to work in collaboration with grass root organisations to ensure Africans reach their full development potential.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£427£517031 December 2025
31 March 2024£176£58029 August 2024
31 March 2023£50£50019 January 2024
31 March 2022£184£184031 December 2022
31 March 2021£1,856£1,850026 January 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
615 West Pilton Grove, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.asdoonline.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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