OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Community Alliance

Known as Alliance or Community Alliance

ActiveCharity number SC042430
Registered5 July 2011
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC042430
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
G2 1BP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are a coalition of national networks and intermediaries, each one representing a different aspect of Scotland’s diverse community sector. What brings us together is a commitment to the principles of community empowerment and the need for a strong, resilient community sector in Scotland. Collectively, we engage with local and national government to influence policy development, build a wider understanding of the community sector in Scotland and create more opportunities for collaboration to maximise our contributions. We work collectively to: support a more cohesive community sector which actively engages, influences and directs national and local policy build awareness and understanding of the role and contribution of the community sector across national and local government and the wider third, public and private sectors create opportunities for deeper collaboration across sectors to maximise collective contributions

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities).

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£245,620£291,61721 October 2025
31 March 2024£280,107£289,711216 December 2024
31 March 2023£272,607£225,01421 December 2023
31 March 2022£231,700£187,00029 November 2022
31 March 2021£156,700£165,66123 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
Clyde Offices , 2nd Floor, 48 West George Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.scottishcommunityalliance.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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