OSCR Scottish charity profile

ActionAid

ActiveCharity number SC045476
Registered11 March 2015
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045476
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
193
Postcode
WC1X 0DW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

3.1 The relief of poverty and distress. 3.2 The education of the public concerning the causes, effects and means of alleviation of such poverty and distress

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£0193Not supplied
31 December 2024£46,083,300£48,747,29019315 July 2025
31 December 2023£53,297,357£54,666,10119321 August 2024
31 December 2022£59,635,375£58,063,4901931 August 2023
31 December 2021£49,553,000£47,586,00019313 September 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
ActionAid UK, 2nd Floor , 1 Easton Street , London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.actionaid.org.uk/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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