01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048317
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 171
- Postcode
- E14 9GE
OSCR note: Previous Name Action Against Hunger (UK) Ltd from 19/04/2018 to 23/12/2022
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- 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
2. Objects The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are: 2.1 To relieve poverty, deprivation and distress throughout the world. and 2.2 To relieve hunger, whether chronic or temporary, by way of emergency intervention and/or establishing rehabilitation programmes. Nothing in the Objects shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes that are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £22,383,730 | £23,483,104 | 171 | 5 November 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £31,909,010 | £32,411,525 | 171 | 2 December 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £41,124,432 | £39,143,855 | 171 | 27 October 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £2,001,323 | £1,170,991 | 171 | 7 January 2023 |
| 31 December 2020 | £50,790,601 | £51,268,726 | 171 | 29 October 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
- Exchange Tower, 1 Harbour Exchange Square, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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