01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045958
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH10 5PY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Provide scientific and legal evidence to support improved public policy and legislation affecting wild animal welfare
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of animal welfare
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation?s Objects are to advance animal welfare by: 4.1 Providing an independent evidence base for evaluating, monitoring, assessing and improving decisions affecting the welfare of free-living wild animals in the UK. 4.2 Increasing awareness of the importance and value of wild animals in general. 4.3 Promoting the welfare of individual wild animals in particular. 4.4 Highlighting harm to, and suffering of, wild animals caused by human activity, with the aim of reducing these negative impacts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £1,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,234 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 17 June 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | £3,456 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,273 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 June 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £414 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £579 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 25 June 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,572 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 June 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £3,632 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £184 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 August 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
- c/o 9 Craighill Gardens, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.wawcommittee.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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