OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Orthopaedic Research Trust into Trauma

Known as SORT-it

ActiveCharity number SC050553
Registered2 November 2020
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050553
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
EH16 4SA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We support the research work undertaken into Orthopaedic Trauma at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh by holding an annual conference

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The company's objects are: (a) To undertake clinical and basic science research in the field of trauma and trauma surgery. (b) To provide continuing medical education for orthopaedic surgeons, orthopaedic trainees, and orthopaedic physiotherapists and nurses. (c) To provide financial support in the form of Research Fellowships, to allow orthopaedic trainees to undertake a period of dedicated research. (d) To hold an annual International Trauma Symposium in pursuit of the above objectives.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£222,328£294,85706 May 2026
31 March 2024£222,328£294,857018 December 2024
31 March 2023£250,673£222,727013 December 2023
31 March 2022£183,065£146,292016 January 2023

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
Room G3219, Out Patient Department 6, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.trauma.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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