01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC004788
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- IV6 7QX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
HDCS runs monthly clubs and events, with the aim to support deaf children of all hearing losses, siblings and parents/carers. These are run to to allow support with no hearing barriers to help children and families feel less isolated.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To bring together the parents of deaf children and all people actively interested in the welfare of deaf children. To promote and ensure for the children the maximum benefits and happiness from: (a) Their home environment (b) Educational facilities (c) The co-operation of the general public.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,661 | £4,027 | 0 | 21 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £7,402 | £4,560 | 0 | 5 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,347 | £4,280 | 0 | 16 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,826 | £2,978 | 0 | 13 March 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £4,421 | £1,570 | 0 | 29 September 2021 |
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
- Strathy, Balvaird road, Ross-Shire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.highlanddcs.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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