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Charity Details:

Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland

SC050257Registered charity from 03 July 2020
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The Name the Charity is Known By ERCS
Address Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Mansfield Traquair Centre
15 Mansfield Place
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 6BB
Website www.ercs.scot
Parent Charity Name Scottish Environment LINK (until 01 July 2021)
Parent Charity Registration Number SC000296
Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland will, through public education, advice, assistance and representation, advocacy in policy and law reform and strategic public interest litigation, fulfil the following charitable purposes: * the advancement of human rights, specifically the right to a clean and healthy environment - by raising the public's awareness of and ability to exercise their procedural rights of access to information, participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, and by promoting a fairer distribution of environmental benefits, burdens and responsibilities; * the advancement of environmental protection and improvement - by providing our services to individuals, community groups and organisations with the same purpose, and by seeking to improve the quality and accountability of environmental decision-making; * the advancement of health - by raising awareness of the detrimental impact of poor environmental quality on health outcomes, and by challenging environmental decisions which harm human health and may exacerbate health inequalities; * the advancement of citizenship and community development - by raising awareness of and working with individuals, community groups and organisations to exercise their rights in environmental law and to engage more fully with the land-use planning and legal systems; and * the advancement of education - by providing information and educational resources to increase the public's knowledge and awareness of environmental law and of their rights under environmental law. The Organisation understands environmental law to include law relating to land-use planning, climate change, pollution control, environmental health, the conservation of biodiversity and cultural heritage, and any other field (e.g. transport, energy) to the extent that it impacts on the natural environment in Scotland.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 31 Mar 2025
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 03 Jul 2020
Geographical Spread: Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
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 advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £101,400 £58,512 22 Nov 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £208,001 £118,084 26 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £235,883 £187,679 23 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £339,049 £254,583 22 Oct 2024 Yes Visit Charity's Website
31 Mar 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2025
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.

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