OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish-Syrian Association for Integration and Relief

Known as SAFIR

ActiveCharity number SC046838
Registered12 September 2016
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046838
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G12 0BW
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OSCR note: Previous name -Scottish-Syrian Association of Integration and Relief (SAFIR) from 12/09/2016 to 12/07/2021

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Usually we hold public gatherings, on average, two to ten, gatherings a year where members of SAFIR and other invitees from the community meet to celebrate certain events and share experience. This has been beneficial to both the charity and the community.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1 To prevent and relive poverty through initiating and facilitating humanitarian assistance and support to refugees and asylum seekers, in particular Syrian refugees and asylum seekers, in Scotland, UK and abroad. 4.2 To advance health and wellbeing for refugees and asylum seekers, in particular Syrian refugees and asylum seekers, and their families through promoting health awareness, training initiatives, volunteering, physical and mental wellbeing support programmes. 4.3 To advance education through offering educational activities and training opportunities as well as empowering parental engagement and participation in education, providing English Language support for refugees and asylum seekers and their Families 4.4 To promote equality and diversity through celebration of cultural heritage and inclusion in multicultural Scotland and provide empowerment and capacity building support as a means of tackling isolation and promoting integration and active citizenship.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£1,471£1,87301 July 2026
30 September 2024£1,440£799030 June 2025
30 September 2023£330£354020 June 2024
30 September 2022£526£631020 June 2023
30 September 2021£617£0029 June 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
SAFIR, 34 Chesterfield Court,, 14 Dorchester Place,, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.safirscotland.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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