OSCR Scottish charity profile

Association for the Study of War Crimes

ActiveCharity number SC048618
Registered9 August 2018
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048618
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8EY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to monitor War Crimes / Crimes against Humanity / Atrocity Crimes so that victims or their families can be empowered to seek justice through correct judicial channels in Europe

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purposes are the advancement of Human Rights by all or any of the following means: 4.1. Obtaining redress for the victims of Human Rights abuse and their families by helping to seek justice on their behalf and by empowering victims to speak out. 4.2. Assisting the judicial process, whether it is through the International Criminal Court or any other national court in the prosecution of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity of the 21st Century. 4.3. The study of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity and facilitating the collection and secure storage of all forms of available evidence of any such War Crimes with a view to building a potential case where required to go to Court. 4.4. Raising public awareness of and support in Scotland and elsewhere, against War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. and 4.5. Co-operating and working with other organisations involved with the investigation of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2025£0£845031 October 2025
31 January 2024£0£646031 October 2024
31 January 2023£0£600027 October 2023
31 January 2022£0£600012 October 2022
31 January 2021£0£1,212027 September 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
c/o Charity, Anderson Strathern, I Rutland Court, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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