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Scottish Council On Human Bioethics

SC034372Registered charity from 17 June 2003
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 03 November 2015 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (SC247239, Scottish Council on Human Bioethics).
Charity Information:
Address 15 North Bank Street
The Mound
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 2LS
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation’s charitable purposes are to: - Advance human rights, including: - The engagement with, and the provision of assistance as well as advice to, legislators, fellow professionals and other interested parties with ethical analysis relating to biomedicine. - The promotion of international legal instruments relating to human bioethics. - Advance education in human bioethics in academia, schools and amongst the general public through the provision of appropriate presentations, publications and classes. - Promote equality and diversity for the protection of patients in Scottish society. - Advance health, including the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering through providing appropriate advice in biomedical ethics. - Encourage relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. - Advance citizenship or community development, including the promotion of civic responsibility. This will include collecting and evaluating evidence and information relating to ethical issues from which to inform public debate while encouraging Scottish society to engage in ethical discussion of relevant topics in medicine and biology.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Core Purposes 1. To collect and evaluate evidence and information relating to ethical issues in medicine from which to inform public debate in Scotland; 2. To engage, assist and advise Scottish legislators, fellow professionals and other interested parties with ethical analysis in medicine and comment on these issues; 3. To respond to media interest in Scotland by the release of relevant and reliable information and comment; 4. To encourage Scottish society to engage in ethical discussions of relevant topics in medicine and biology. Activities The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics is active in undertaking research in bioethics in addition to preparing briefing materials and responses for Members of Parliaments and drafting amendments to legislation which have been debated and voted upon. Supporters also contribute to television and radio debates in addition to other media on a range of
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 03 Nov 2015
Previous Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 17 Jun 2003
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 2
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation", "the promotion of equality and diversity", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £31,503 £31,914 06 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £36,203 £39,555 11 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £33,453 £35,970 12 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £36,106 £37,859 11 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Calum MacKellar
Lesley Ward
Dermot Grenham
Rosemary Tierney
Marian Aldhous
Audrey Sheridan
Antony Latham
Susan Holloway
Anne Williams
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