OSCR Scottish charity profile

Civil Rights First

ActiveCharity number SC048403
Registered23 May 2018
Main locationWest Dunbartonshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048403
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
G82 3PD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We aim to promote social justice with delivery to everyone in society through a valued, tailored advice and effective advocacy service. Civil Rights First provides FREE advice and effective advocacy to all citizens in Scotland, including human rights and equalities. We have provided this service since our launch in May 2018. Our vision is to provide a gold standard service to the communities we serve. We deliver our much-needed service across Scotland bespoke to our clients’ needs. Providing Specialist Legal Advice/Effective Advocacy and Representation

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are to promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit in either the Defined Operating Area of local benefit and/or elsewhere as follows: 5.1 the relief of poverty, through addressing inequality by means of the provision of accurate and appropriate advice. 5.2 the relief of those in need, by providing a comprehensive advice service to those suffering by reason of age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship. 5.3 the advancement of citizenship and community development, through the inclusion of voluntary learning opportunities, providing individuals with appropriate skills to secure and retain employment by promoting and assisting vulnerable individuals to participate in and be included within society. 5.4 the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their human rights and by taking such actions required to redress the situation and to restore justice, 5.5 the promotion of equality and diversity of all members of society by promoting, campaigning and advocating their inclusion within society thus improving access to public facilities including health, education, housing and employment. which together are the Company's Objects and each one an Object. Where the Objects are being promoted outside the defined Operating Area of local benefit the Company may work with similar aims but shall at all times adhere to the agreed principles for the operation of Civil Rights First.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£136,380£111,534317 November 2025
30 April 2024£105,208£101,368312 December 2024
30 April 2023£90,227£74,83439 January 2024
30 April 2022£57,431£32,87136 December 2022
30 April 2021£18,823£11,21338 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
Strathleven House, Levenside Road, DUMBARTON, Dunbartonshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.civilrightsfirst.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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