OSCR Scottish charity profile

Seat Spot

ActiveCharity number SC050490
Registered23 September 2020
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050490
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH7 5PB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Seat Spot will encourage retail outlets, shopping centres, council buildings and other businesses and public buildings throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland both large and small to meet the individual needs of all their customers, especially those experiencing mobility and fatigue issues. This will enable every customer to have confidence that they will be able to go shopping like everyone else and if they find themselves needing to sit down they will know that a seat will be available thus increasing social inclusion and decreasing isolation and loneliness

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To advance/provide the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the provision of seating for those experiencing mobility and fatigue issues.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 January 2025£0£703017 September 2025
31 January 2024£1,010£53608 October 2024
31 January 2023£0£2,634021 October 2023
27 February 2022£4,533£844014 October 2022

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
22 Elgin Terrace, 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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