OSCR Scottish charity profile

International Association of the Study of Child Language

Known as IASCL

ActiveCharity number SC038873
Registered2 November 2007
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
SC038873
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
TD11 3AL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The International Association for the Study of Child Language was founded promote the systematic study of children’s language development, and to foster international and interdisciplinary collaboration in this field. IASCL has close to 700 members from more than 50 countries on six continents. IASCL members study language development from newborns to adolescents, speaking or signing all languages of the world, whether monolingual or multilingual, including typical development and language disorders. IASCL has a governing body that comprises of the IASCL Officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Conference Liaison, and Assistant Secretary), and a board of 15 elected members that participate in the following four committees: the Nominating and Appointing Committee, the Roger Brown Committee, the Early Career Award Committee, and the Travel Award Committee. More information about the organisation and its structure can be found here: https://www.childlanguage.org

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of science and the advancement of education.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£38,986£57,922010 December 2025
31 March 2024£194£9,280020 September 2024
31 March 2023£10,602£8,54204 September 2023
31 March 2022£34£1,576015 August 2022
31 March 2021£35£99904 October 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
Commercial Bank Buildings, 37 Market Square, Duns
Website supplied to OSCR
www.iascl.talkbank.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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