01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC005776
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 22
- Postcode
- EH54 5EH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service provides counselling/support and psychological therapies to young people and adults experiencing difficulties with substance use. It also provides harm reduction interventions including Take Home Naloxone and Needle Exchange and safer injecting advice, dry blood spot testing, bereavement counselling and Art Therapy. Individual sessions and groupwork programmes are available to all clients. There is also a volunteering programme with our Progressing Forward Steering Group.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The prevention and relief of poverty. The advancement of education. The advancement of health.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £866,909 | £843,285 | 22 | 21 May 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £842,983 | £845,498 | 22 | 8 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £865,494 | £828,451 | 22 | 19 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £713,682 | £772,018 | 22 | 5 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £756,895 | £786,110 | 22 | 29 December 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
- Floor 1, The Almondbank Centre , Shiel Walk, Craigshill , Livingston
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.wldas.com/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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