01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039770
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- PH2 6JL
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Afri-Link From 04-08-219 to 16-05-2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We partner with locally led organisations in the Global South by providing support and advice that helps them design, deliver, and fund their own sustainable responses to poverty, health, education, climate change and community development. GSL has partners in Cameroon, Nepal, and Nagaland (NE India). We work in partnership with community members, service providers and local government to meet Sustainable Development Goal 1 ‘End Poverty in all its forms, everywhere’ and specifically we focus on SDG 1.5 to build the resilience of the poor.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To improve medical welfare, social welfare, education, environmental protection and conservation in areas of need in African and other developing countries
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 March 2026 | £31,587 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £31,827 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 17 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £32,306 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £32,008 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 9 June 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £29,877 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £24,988 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 25 June 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £23,232 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £25,462 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 April 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £25,062 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £26,117 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 April 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
- 84 Perth Road, Scone, Perth
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.globalsupportlink.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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