OSCR Scottish charity profile

Fair Justice System for Scotland Group SCIO

Known as FJSS Group

ActiveCharity number SC052329
Registered20 February 2023
Main locationWest Lothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052329
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
EH55 8DR
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OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Fair Justice System for Scotland Group, SC042868. Fair Justice System for Scotland Group, SC042868 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Fair Justice System for Scotland Group SCIO, SC052329.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To promote access to justice, diversity and inclusion in the justice system, to support people affected by miscarriage of justice and racism

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the promotion of equality and diversity

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organization's main aims and objectives are as outlined below: - To promote equality and diversity in Scottish society through representative employment of Black ethnic minority communities into the main arms of the justice system in Scotland. - To lobby for the appointment of Black minority ethnic people to the management committees, boards, and other administrative and operational structures of the main arms of the justice system in Scotland. - To thrive to achieve fair representation across the entire sector and in all other aspects of the justice system such as legal representation, training, translation, and general treatment of those going through the legal system. - To eliminate any forms of discrimination in Scottish society through raising awareness among ethnic minority communities of the functioning of the justice delivery process in Scotland. - To provide education for ethnic minority communities and their internment into the profession and their general inclusion into the sector so as a way of promoting racial harmony and community cohesion. - To promote human rights through the eradication of some of the disadvantages faced by ethnic minority communities while trying to access professional legal services or while going through the court process, tribunals, or any other judicial processes requiring such support. - To promote the education and create training opportunities for ethnic minority communities through advocating for their inclusion into the legal profession in Scotland to ensure fair and equal representation.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£78,880£76,456313 April 2026
30 September 2024£66,000£57,000327 June 2025
30 September 2023£57,878£48,978331 July 2024

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
24-26 Main Street, West Calder, West Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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