01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051598
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- ML3 8XA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Academy for African Studies is dedicated to advancing education, community growth, and cultural understanding about the African region. By providing access to educational materials and resources, the Academy helps communities build knowledge and fosters lifelong learning. It promotes equality and diversity by supporting inclusive activities that uplift underrepresented voices and drive meaningful community participation. The Academy also plays a key role in community development, offering training and re-training opportunities that deepen understanding of the African context. Through events that celebrate African heritage, history, and culture, we create spaces for reflection, pride, and unity. Additionally, to address poverty across the region, the Academy conducts and publishes research on its root causes and strategies for alleviation, providing critical insights that inform effective policy and action
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the promotion of equality and diversity
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To advance education within the African region by making materials or objects capable of educating available to the public, such as in libraries or on databases (b) To promote and coordinate activities that enhance equality and diversity (c) To advance citizenship or community development by providing education, training and re-training opportunities for members of the public about the African context. (d) To facilitate and organise events celebrating the African heritage, history and culture (e) To prevent and relief poverty within the African region by conducting research into the factors that contribute to poverty and the best ways to mitigate them (f) To advance education within the African region by undertaking academic research and publishing the results online, or in peer-reviewed journals
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 January 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 7 January 2026 |
| 31 January 2024 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 October 2024 |
| 31 January 2023 | £41 | £0 | 0 | 24 July 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
- 34 Scotia Gardens, Hamilton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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