01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050826
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- Eh7 4FY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Objectives: Promoting the development of genetic engineering science, encouraging young scientists to deal with real-world problems, creating a science community that allows public participation, and enriching the diverse international academic communication platform. Activities: 1. iDEC held its second on-site event. Following iDEC’s first on-site event in 2023, the competition was once again successfully held at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. The event ran smoothly, bringing together 14 teams from four countries and around 70 participants, including volunteers. 2. We build bridges for the public, students, and scientists. In 2024, we once again hosted the iDEC Summer Webinar, further broadening its reach and influence. 3. The iDEC festivals provide participants with the opportunity to directly interact and learn from each other. In October 2024, iDEC HQ successfully held the grand iDEC Festival, featuring both on-site and online participation.
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 organisation's purposes are: 4.1 Promoting the education of young scientists The International Directed Evolution Competition (iDEC ) aims to encourage young students worldwide to design and implement an innovative research project by themselves through competition. In this process, participants will learn, practice, share their knowledge, and improve their scientific skills, to become talented individuals who will promote future scientific development. iDEC will organize related activities, build a communication platform, and share academic resources to support the educational process of participants. 4.2 Promoting the development of genetic engineering science iDEC is committed to building a science and technology community through scientific competition activities. Participants can publish their research results and knowledge on the iDEC online platform and get feedback from senior scientists. In this academic exchange process, young people's innovative inventions and ideas will continue to be optimized and eventually produce scientifically valuable results. 4.3 Encouraging young scientists to deal with real-world problems Our world is facing major challenges from environmental, public health, food, and other issues. Directed evolution technology is one of the most powerful tools from the life sciences to deal with these challenges in the next ten years. iDEC will encourage participants to innovate and invent with real-world challenges as the goal, anticipating the emergence of new technologies that can help humanity cope with crises. 4.4 A science community that allows the public participation As a public welfare project for students, iDEC will encourage participants to introduce their innovative work to the public through an online platform to understand the latest technological developments. This will build a bridge between the public and scientists. 4.5 Enriching the diverse international academic communication platform... Please see constitution for full wording
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 1 February 2025 | £20,874 | £20,580 | 0 | 31 October 2025 |
| 1 February 2024 | £21,346 | £24,735 | 0 | 31 October 2024 |
| 1 February 2023 | £5,590 | £6,565 | 0 | 30 October 2023 |
| 1 February 2022 | £15,596 | £9,067 | 0 | 24 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
- Flat 17, 16 Hughes Close, 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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