OSCR Scottish charity profile

Gambling Concern (Edinburgh)

ActiveCharity number SC043140
Registered4 May 2012
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043140
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 6QG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To care for people affected by gambling

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • 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
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1 To advance the education of the general public, particularly young persons, about the damage gambling can cause to personal and family life. and to provide a training programme to volunteers. 2 To organise recreational facilities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, and only in relation to activities which are: primarily intended for persons who have need of them by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 3 To relieve those in need by reason of addictive gambling in all its aspects, by provision of regular support meetings, outreach work, rehabilitation programme and recreational activities for sufferers, friends, families and carers.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£2,556£2,117022 April 2026
31 July 2024£1,475£1,658028 March 2025
31 July 2023£1,614£1,82602 February 2024
31 July 2022£268£48101 March 2023
31 July 2021£710£416027 February 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
19/1 Dundas Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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