01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039493
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 31
- Postcode
- PH2 7JU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up to prevent and repair obstetric fistula in Africa
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
- 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
For payment or application of the income of the Trust Fund or such part of it as the Trustees shall from time to time in their sole discretion decide and for payment or application of the capital of the Trust Fund or such part of it as the Trustees shall from time to time in their sole discretion decide (all whether in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the world but mainly in Liberia, Africa) to or for the following charitable purposes:- (a) the advancement of health. (b) the saving of lives. (c) the advancement of education. (d) the relief of those in need by reason of ill health. (e) the advancement of science. (f) the advancement of citizenship or community development. or (g) such other purposes, organisations or schemes as are charitable not falling under the preceding head that may reasonably be regarded as similar to any of the preceding purposes (any one or all of such funds, societies, organisations and schemes being individually or collectively referred to in this deed as 'charities') in such manner and in such shares and proportions and at such times as the Trustees shall in their sole discretion from time to time decide.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £2,579,317 | £2,578,570 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £747 | £2,169,872 | £2,700 | £2,167,172 | £0 | 31 | 25 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £1,793,074 | £1,789,088 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,986 | £1,976,657 | £1,430 | £1,975,227 | £0 | 31 | 24 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,905,381 | £1,905,381 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,807,289 | £1,345 | £1,805,944 | £0 | 31 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,511,346 | £1,506,686 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,660 | £1,632,966 | £1,418 | £1,631,548 | £0 | 31 | 26 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,323,486 | £1,319,937 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,549 | £1,482,279 | £1,638 | £1,480,641 | £0 | 31 | 29 September 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
- The Steading, Kinfauns, Perth
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.freedomfromfistula.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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