01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045861
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH2 4ET
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Postcode Support Trust's mission is to support people who need help to live happy and more fulfilled lives. The Trust supports charities and good causes with those purposes through grant funding for charitable activities across Great Britain. Postcode Support Trust operates its own society lottery and receives all its funding from the players of People's Postcode Lottery. As more players join People's Postcode Lottery, more funds are distributed to Postcode Support Trust and made available for the Trust to award to good causes.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
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 promotion of equality and diversity. 3.3 The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. 3.4 The advancement of citizenship or community development. 3.5 The advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science. and 3.6 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £49,291,538 | £47,787,101 | 0 | 3 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £46,811,573 | £45,763,928 | 0 | 17 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £44,455,726 | £43,812,001 | 0 | 14 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £45,377,349 | £42,766,598 | 0 | 14 July 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £9,235,069 | £9,437,514 | 0 | 15 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
- People's Postcode Lottery, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.postcodesupporttrust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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