OSCR Scottish charity profile

Action For Humanity

Known as Syria Relief

ActiveCharity number SC053307
Registered25 April 2024
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation, E&W)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053307
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Overseas only
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
213
Postcode
M50 2ZY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 3.3.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE IN SYRIA, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS/SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. 3.3.2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE IN SYRIA, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT. 3.3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN SYRIA, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT. 3.3.4 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£0213Not supplied
31 December 2024£35,465,577£32,859,33221316 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
6 Carolina Way, Salford, Greater Manchester
Website supplied to OSCR
www.actionforhumanity.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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