OSCR Scottish charity profile

Action for M.E.

ActiveCharity number SC040452
Registered30 April 2009
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040452
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
35
Postcode
BS4 3AS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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 Company is established for the relief of persons suffering from the disease Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ('M.E.', which expression where used in this Memorandum of Association shall include chronic fatigue syndromes and other associated syndromes) and to provide information, advice and support and to promote public education and research into the disease (provided that the useful results of any such research are fully disseminated to the general public).

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£1,365,672£1,780,4493530 September 2025
31 March 2024£1,734,551£1,788,660356 November 2024
31 March 2023£1,123,418£1,794,5173530 November 2023
31 March 2022£2,497,718£1,326,158357 October 2022
31 March 2021£1,192,127£832,594358 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
Unit 2.2 Streamline, 436-441 Paintworks, Bristol
Website supplied to OSCR
www.actionforme.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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