01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047327
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- EH17 8RQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Street Assist operates every Friday and Saturday from 22.00 to 04.00 providing a non-judgmental welfare/first aid service to help people who have become vulnerable during the Night-Time Economy hours. We aim to support our emergency services and reduce the number of people presenting at Accident and Emergency unnecessarily for intoxication and minor injuries. We have 160 volunteers who have committed to the project from many backgrounds including people who work in the health/care professions, students studying relevant subjects. We provide support to people who have presented to us during their moment of crisis, mostly people who have over consumed (drink & drugs), spiking, suffering from mental health issues, victims of assault, sexual assault, domestic assault. We have helped in finding people who have been reported missing, people who have lost their friends, helped people recharge their phones, with the aim of making sure people don’t come to further harm
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- 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
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purposes are: 1. To provide assistance to people in need in Edinburgh City Centre, who are vulnerable by circumstance, by supplying them with first aid and welfare assistance. 2. The advancement of health, saving lives and 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 | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2025 | £126,486 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £116,112 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 5 December 2025 |
| 18 April 2024 | £87,775 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £91,346 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 23 December 2024 |
| 18 April 2023 | £89,705 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £77,713 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 19 January 2024 |
| 18 April 2022 | £49,956 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £45,595 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 17 January 2023 |
| 18 April 2021 | £28,527 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £34,618 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 12 January 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
- Society Hall, c/o Gilmerton Community Centre, 27 Drum Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.streetassist.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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