01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047419
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 106
- Postcode
- SW14 7JE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- 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
(a) to provide counselling and support to families in conditions of need hardship or physical or mental distress as a result of a member of their family having disappeared without trace. (b) to provide help and support to persons who have left home without informing their family and friends or carers of their whereabouts and who are suffering conditions of need hardship or physical or mental distress. (c) to educate the public in the social and economic problems resulting from the disruption to family life caused by the disappearance of a member of the family and the problems caused by individuals who have disappeared without trace.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,812,872 | £4,577,970 | 106 | 10 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,999,406 | £4,005,639 | 106 | 4 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £3,519,246 | £3,397,094 | 106 | 28 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,641,765 | £3,153,028 | 106 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £3,480,751 | £3,223,822 | 106 | 6 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
- Roebuck House, 284 Upper Richmond Road West, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.missingpeople.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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