OSCR Scottish charity profile

Acorn Aid (Scotland)

ActiveCharity number SC046079
Registered27 October 2015
Main locationFife
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046079
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY4 8DE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of health, the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. We provide first aid training to local communities, source public defibrillators and run free courses to those communities. We have trained medical and firefighting staff in Bosnia in equipment donated so they can serve their communities too.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To educate the local public in health topics such as diet, exercise, well-being, and teaching life saving First Aid. 4.2 To assist families and population who have been affected by war, civil unrest, natural disasters and poverty

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£14,387£18,480010 December 2025
31 March 2024£9,367£11,234029 December 2024
31 March 2023£14,185£8,414029 December 2023
31 March 2022£8,156£11,556030 December 2022
31 March 2021£16,599£9,272018 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
7 Brands Row, Crossgates, Fife
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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