01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC041250
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G3 8AZ
OSCR note: The SCIO was incorporated on 19 February 2014 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Aid For Education SC041250, which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 04 February 2010.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are setup to raise financial aid for those in need within the country of Rwanda. Primarily aiding in the setup of schools to bolster educational opportunities within the region. As well as supporting this region with common disadvantages such as poverty, health and disability issues, finances, and other general factors in human suffering. This is done through fundraisers to aid in excursions to the region to provide donations to those in need as well as finance and aid in the construction of facilities required for proper education.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
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 such ends and uses charitable for the purposes of the Taxes Acts and also the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force including without prejudice to the generality: (ii) the advancement of education. (iii) the advancement of religion. (iv) the advancement of health. (v) the saving of lives. (vi) the promotion of religious or racial harmony. (vii) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. (viii) any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes. or such one or more of these as the Trustees in their sole and absolute discretion may from time to time determine, and for any other charitable purpose or purposes recognised as such by the Law of Scotland which the Trustees in their sole and absolute discretion consider to be in the public interest, towards which the Trustees may (but only in such ways as do not prejudice the charitable standing of the Trust), (a) raise funds towards the promotion and advancement of the Christian (b) raise funds for the advancement of health and the relief of poverty and human suffering within and outwith the United Kingdom. (c) provide and/or see to the reasonable funding of education, relief, shelter and aid to those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage within and outwith the United Kingdom. (d) establish, support and aid in the construction, formation, establishment and maintenance of schools or similar institutions of learning for the advancement of education and training in deprived areas throughout the world:
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £68,176 | £65,767 | 0 | 29 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £42,632 | £63,574 | 0 | 23 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £39,576 | £49,577 | 0 | 30 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £51,067 | £44,421 | 0 | 7 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £62,913 | £24,883 | 0 | 31 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
- Eastons Private Client Solicitors, Pentagon Centre, Washington Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.aidforeducation.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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