# The Livingstone Initiative

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC052972
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Nov. 28, 2023
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC052972


## Contact

- **Address:** The Livingstone Initiative, 5 Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH1 1TE
- **Website:** www.livingstoneinitiative.org



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of citizenship or community development'

**What the charity does:** The Livingstone Initiative was set up to create lasting, positive change for communities in Africa – with a special focus on Zambia. Our work centres on projects that empower girls through education and agriculture, while also strengthening healthcare systems. By building schools, supporting farming initiatives and developing medical partnerships, we aim to give young people and families the tools to shape a brighter future. We believe collaboration is key. By encouraging communities, organisations, and institutions in both Zambia and the UK to work together, we foster mutual understanding, shared learning, and more effective support. This approach ensures that our projects deliver maximum benefit and long-term sustainability. We are helping to build and expand the first secondary school for girls in Chama District, north-eastern Zambia, while also advancing our healthcare work through the Livingstone Zambia-Scotland Medical Exchange in southern Zambia.

**Objectives:** The objects of the company are the advancement of community development, with a particular focus on helping disadvantaged regions and communities in Africa, by creating and helping to deliver development projects to make a positive difference to those regions and communities and the individuals who live or work there, including but not limited to projects intended: 1.1 to improve the provision of education and healthcare to and within those regions and communities. 1.2 to foster positive links between the UK and those regions and communities.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** UK and overseas



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £0 | £0 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £17500 | £21933 |  -  | 0 |  |