01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050099
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- EH8 8DL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are the civil society network to defend and promote human rights in Scotland. Our members are from across Scotland. They include groups of many different identities, sizes and who campaign on different issues. We work together to be a strong collective civil society voice on human rights for all in Scotland.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation’s purpose is the advancement of human rights, understood as the rights set out within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent UN Conventions and declarations. The organisation will do this through: •raising awareness of, and support for, human rights. •facilitating civil society organisations to promote human rights within their activities. •working for the promotion and protection of human rights in local and national law and policy making and practice •securing the enforcement of human rights law.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £228,875 | £172,922 | 3 | 25 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £181,599 | £210,191 | 3 | 18 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £181,029 | £171,190 | 3 | 13 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £117,504 | £144,936 | 3 | 8 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £186,202 | £99,370 | 3 | 26 November 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
- Human Rights Consortium Scotland, The Melting Pot, 15 Calton Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.hrcscotland.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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