OSCR Scottish charity profile

Afghanaid

ActiveCharity number SC044614
Registered29 January 2014
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC044614
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
421
Postcode
N7 9DP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) To relieve poverty, hardship and distress among the people of Afghanistan and refugees from Afghanistan (b) To apply the income and assets of the Company for such charitable institution or institutions or towards such charitable purpose or purposes as the Company through its Board may from time to time decide

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£15,896,000£16,210,33442125 September 2025
31 December 2023£19,494,540£19,494,54042123 September 2024
31 December 2022£16,581,000£16,319,00042128 September 2023
31 December 2021£7,964,169£6,606,74642127 September 2022
31 December 2020£10,849,511£10,662,1704215 September 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
Omnibus Business Centre , 39-41 North Road, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.afghanaid.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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