01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043779
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH2 4ET
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Postcode Heroes Trust from 11 February 2013 to 02 December 2020.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Postcode Justice Trust has a mission to improve lives by delivering justice, human rights and equality. The Trust supports charities and good causes with those purposes through grant funding. Postcode Justice Trust operates its own society lottery and receives all of its funding from players of Postcode Lottery.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of equality and diversity
Beneficiaries
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
3. The Company is incorporated for charitable objects and purposes only with the intention of providing public benefit in Scotland or elsewhere, and in particular the Company is established to promote: 3.1 the advancement of education. 3.2 the advancement of health. 3.3 the advancement of citizenship or community development. 3.4 the advancement of public participation in sport. and 3.5 the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. and 3.6 the promotion of equality and diversity.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £49,251,301 | £0 | £0 | £48,972,527 | £278,774 | £0 | £50,595,085 | £33,197,625 | £17,397,460 | £0 | 0 | 3 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £49,303,056 | £0 | £0 | £48,955,478 | £347,578 | £0 | £49,484,442 | £32,809,409 | £16,675,033 | £0 | 0 | 3 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £46,867,366 | £0 | £0 | £46,551,606 | £315,760 | £0 | £47,262,868 | £31,198,722 | £16,064,146 | £0 | 0 | 17 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £44,478,505 | £0 | £0 | £44,399,133 | £79,372 | £0 | £42,707,329 | £29,751,754 | £12,955,575 | £0 | 0 | 14 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £40,038,933 | £0 | £0 | £40,038,462 | £471 | £0 | £36,079,387 | £26,997,055 | £9,082,332 | £0 | 0 | 13 July 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
- 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.postcodejusticetrust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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