OSCR Scottish charity profile

British Diabetic Association

Known as Diabetes UK

ActiveCharity number SC039136
Registered9 January 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC039136
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
345
Postcode
E1 1FH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

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

Constitutional objectives

To provide relief for people with diabetes and its related complications and to those who care for them. To promote the welfare of people with diabetes and its related complications and of those who care for them. To advance the understanding of diabetes by education of people with diabetes, the health professionals and others who care for them, and the general public. and to promote and fund research related to the causes, prevention and cure of diabetes and into improvements in the management of the condition and its complications. To publish the useful results of any such research.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£0345Not supplied
31 December 2024£38,300,000£44,100,00034513 August 2025
31 December 2023£42,700,000£49,400,00034510 September 2024
31 December 2022£42,100,000£41,900,00034531 August 2023
31 December 2021£37,884,000£37,436,00034528 June 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
Diabetes UK, Wells Lawrence House, 126 Back Church Lane, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.diabetes.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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