OSCR Scottish charity profile

Sue Ryder

ActiveCharity number SC039578
Registered14 May 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
SC039578
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
2,642
Postcode
CO1 1PB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

The Objects of the Charity are: 3.1 to provide or assist in the provision of care for persons suffering from any serious or permanent disability, incapacity or illness, whether physical or mental. 3.2 to relieve the needs of those people potentially excluded from society by reason of old age, ill health (physical or mental), disability, poverty, or criminal history, and to assist their integration into society for the public benefit. 3.3 to advance the education of the public about the causes of disability, incapacity or illness, whether physical or mental, and the means of relieving those needs. 3.4 to relieve the mental and physical suffering of persons affected by bereavement or loss, including by the provision of counselling and support for such persons.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£106,110,000£0£0£0£0£0£114,822,000£0£0£02,64211 November 2025
31 March 2024£116,036,000£0£0£0£0£0£124,181,000£0£0£02,64230 July 2024
31 March 2023£112,159,000£0£0£0£0£0£123,146,000£0£0£02,64220 December 2023
31 March 2022£112,754,000£0£0£0£0£0£107,303,000£0£0£02,6421 November 2022
31 March 2021£107,329,000£0£0£0£0£0£98,162,000£0£0£02,64224 December 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
Rebow House, 60 Head Street, Colchester, Essex
Website supplied to OSCR
www.sueryder.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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