OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Association for Science Education

Known as ASE

ActiveCharity number SC042473
Registered22 July 2011
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC042473
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
11
Postcode
N13 4BS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects and purposes for which The Association is hereby constituted are the promotion of education by the following means: (a) by improving the teaching of science and (b) by providing an authoritative medium through 'which opinions of teachers of science may be expressed on educational matters and (c) by affording means of communication among all persons and bodies of persons concerned with the reaching of science in particular and with education in general

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£915,286£909,6881118 March 2026
31 July 2024£1,477,881£1,559,4471125 March 2025
31 July 2023£1,566,275£1,574,4981119 March 2024
31 July 2022£1,822,078£1,706,3611119 April 2023
31 July 2021£1,095,153£1,003,1571123 March 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
The Association for Science Education, 483 Green Lanes, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ase.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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