CAPABILITY SCOTLAND
Company number SC036524 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Capability Scotland is a mature, high-profile Scottish disability charity whose integrated education, residential care, and community support services place it at the larger end of the third-sector care market. Industry-wide pressures on staff costs, local authority budgets, and the evolution toward self-directed support create strong headwinds, though the organisation's specialist offerings and historical brand provide significant defensive strength. Its future resilience hinges on managing the high fixed operating costs of institutional facilities while demonstrating quality and flexibility in a rapidly reforming social care landscape.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1961-06-05
- Registered office
- Vantage Point, 24 St Johns Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 6NZ
- Postcode
- EH12 6NZ
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-10
- Next due by
- 2026-12-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
- 85600 Educational support services
- 87300 Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
- 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified
Officers 11 current · 58 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
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CAPABILITY SCOTLAND TRADING LTD. Dissolved
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COMPASS SDS BROKER LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Registered charity
Capability Scotland — charity number SC011330 (Scottish Charity Register)
Source: Scottish Charity Register (OSCR), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6598436 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Care Inspectorate (Scotland) 24 services
Registered care provider in Scotland — most recent grades between 2 (weak) and 6 (excellent) on the Inspectorate's 6-point scale, 1 not yet graded.
Source: Care Inspectorate Care Services Open Datastore, Open Government Licence — inspection reports on careinspectorate.scot.
Gender pay gap
0%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- capability-scotland.org.uk
Capability Scotland delivers exemplary care, support and education for disabled children and adults across Scotland. Learn more and support us today.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR SPASTICS | 1996-04-25 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O C/O MORTON FRASER LLP, QUARTERMILE TWO 2 LISTER SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH3 9GL, SCOTLAND | 2018-11-28 |
| HEAD OFFICE, WESTERLEA, 11 ELLERSLY ROAD, EDINBURGH, EH12 6HY | 2016-10-19 |
| 22 CORSTORPHINE ROAD, EDINBURGH, EH12 6HP | 2005-01-04 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 371 similar companies in EH, trading since 1961