OSCR Scottish charity profile

Aid & Abet

ActiveCharity number SC046322
Registered8 February 2016
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046322
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
6
Postcode
EH54 6QN
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OSCR note: Note added.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To alleviate and prevent poverty through provision of support and assistance to prisoners and ex-prisoners. to provide training and educational opportunities, including opportunities for former prisoners to develop skills in mentoring. to promote health and save lives through recovery from addiction. to promote good citizenship through desistance from crime. to promote reconciliation between former prisoners and their families and victims. to promote equality of treatment for people leaving prison in relation to health, employment and other public and social services. to relieve need among people at a disadvantage on leaving prison.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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 defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1. The organisation is established for charitable purposes only. The purposes are: 1.1 To alleviate and prevent poverty through provision of support and assistance to those who have been, are or are at risk of becoming, involved in the criminal justice system. 1.2 To provide training and educational opportunities, including opportunities to develop skills in mentoring. 1.3 To promote health, dignity and inclusion and save lives of those in recovery from addiction 1.4 To promote, develop and deliver initiatives to help prevent involvement in the criminal justice system and to support positive choices including early intervention and diversion. 1.5 To promote good citizenship through desistance from criminal and anti-social behaviour. 1.6 To promote reconciliation and positive relationships amongst families and others. 1.7 To promote equality of treatment for people leaving prison in relation to health, employment and other public and social services To relieve need among people at a disadvantage through having been involved in the criminal justice system.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£130,099£167,353612 December 2025
31 March 2024£187,985£146,333618 December 2024
31 March 2023£186,989£162,87467 December 2023
31 March 2022£246,649£228,294614 December 2022
31 March 2021£162,503£205,833610 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
C/o Keegan Smith, Cairngorm House, Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.aidnabet.org/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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