OSCR Scottish charity profile

Zambia Therapeutic Art (ZTA) (SCIO)

Known as ZTA

ActiveCharity number SC045462
Registered6 March 2015
Main locationWest Lothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045462
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH75JA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

1. Providing training for mental health professionals and students in Zambia to enable them to use Therapeutic Art as part of their practice. 2. Training Zambian trainers to enable them to deliver locally based and sustainable training in Zambia. 3. Developing the monitoring and evaluation of the outcomes of Therapeutic Art training in Zambia and its contribution to local health systems and the establishing a programme of research. 4. Disseminating the outcomes of ZTA’s work through publications and presentations.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation’s purposes are: 1. The provision of education - providing training to professionals and students in the use of ‘Therapeutic Art’. This will be achieved by providing practice based training programmes and clinical supervision informed by our pilot programmes 2012/13 and latest research and global policies in this field. and the in-country needs of communities, the Ministry of Health and mental health and disability organisations in Zambia. 2. To undertake research in order to further explore and establish an evidence base for training in the use of ‘Therapeutic Art’ and to disseminate findings to add to the mental health knowledge base and policies at local and global levels. 3. To advance health via improvements in patient/client care, which are achieved by the work of professionals trained in Therapeutic Art.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£3,800£3,472020 December 2025
31 March 2024£4,800£8,38702 December 2024
31 March 2023£13,213£11,90704 December 2023
31 March 2022£10,969£6,052015 November 2022
31 March 2021£16,741£15,016010 December 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
68/1 Montgomery Street , Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.zambiatherapeuticart.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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