01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC052972
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 1TE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Livingstone Initiative was set up to create lasting, positive change for communities in Africa – with a special focus on Zambia. Our work centres on projects that empower girls through education and agriculture, while also strengthening healthcare systems. By building schools, supporting farming initiatives and developing medical partnerships, we aim to give young people and families the tools to shape a brighter future. We believe collaboration is key. By encouraging communities, organisations, and institutions in both Zambia and the UK to work together, we foster mutual understanding, shared learning, and more effective support. This approach ensures that our projects deliver maximum benefit and long-term sustainability. We are helping to build and expand the first secondary school for girls in Chama District, north-eastern Zambia, while also advancing our healthcare work through the Livingstone Zambia-Scotland Medical Exchange in southern Zambia.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the company are the advancement of community development, with a particular focus on helping disadvantaged regions and communities in Africa, by creating and helping to deliver development projects to make a positive difference to those regions and communities and the individuals who live or work there, including but not limited to projects intended: 1.1 to improve the provision of education and healthcare to and within those regions and communities. 1.2 to foster positive links between the UK and those regions and communities.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £8,294 | £8,001 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £17,500 | £21,933 | 0 | 12 September 2025 |
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
- The Livingstone Initiative, 5 Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.livingstoneinitiative.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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