OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Workers' Observatory

ActiveCharity number SC054988
Registered23 February 2026
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC054988
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
Not supplied
Postcode
EH8 7NZ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The organisation’s purposes are to advance education and to advance community development. It will do this by: (a) bringing together and fostering understanding amongst gig workers and platform workers in Edinburgh and across Scotland about work and conditions, and of ways to improve these conditions. (b) fostering better public understanding of the conditions of gig workers and people using digital platforms to work, particularly for those experiencing poverty. (c) involving gig workers and platform workers in developing plans for identifying needs of the community of gig workers and platform workers. and delivering specific programmes and projects as part of the plans agreed by such workers.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

1 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2026£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0Not supplied

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
20/3 Meadowfield Drive, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
https://workersobservatory.org/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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