01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039883
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- G2 4TB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are Scotland’s Fair Trade network, supporting grassroots action across Scotland to maintain our commitment as a Fair Trade Nation, promoting Fair Trade as a solution in bringing about global wellbeing through fair, ethical and sustainable business and trade.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The charitable purposes of the Forum ('the Charitable Purposes') are to relieve poverty by establishing, maintaining and promoting Scotland as a Fair Trade nation, thereby to improve the work of the voluntary sector and effectiveness of charities forming part of the Fair Trade movement by: (a) supporting, building, extending and maintaining the Fair Trade movement in and throughout Scotland. (b) educating stakeholders and the public generally through the production of relevant information, marketing and promotion of Fair Trade at every level of Scottish society. (c) facilitating and exchanging knowledge and information between Scotland and other Fair Trade countries and communities. and (d) facilitating and exchanging knowledge and information between Scotland and Fair Trade producers in developing countries
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £211,048 | £201,716 | 5 | 9 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £211,556 | £199,423 | 5 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £203,499 | £219,418 | 5 | 4 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £192,986 | £181,214 | 5 | 26 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £211,718 | £184,441 | 5 | 3 November 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
- Scottish Fair Trade Forum, Robertson House , 152 Bath Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://scottishfairtrade.org/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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