01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008286
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 18
- Postcode
- EH22 1AE
OSCR note: Previous name, Midlothian Voluntary Action from 28/03/1978 to 08/05/2025
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are the Third Sector Interface in Midlothian. We support local third sector organisations on volunteering, capacity building and social enterprise. We also give them a voice in community planning. We also provide a range of services to volunteers, and deliver a number of volunteer-supported services.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- 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
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote within Midlothian and elsewhere all or any activities for the benefit of the community which may be deemed by law to be charitable and in particular (but without prejudice to the foregoing generality) to promote, further encourage and assist the work of third sector organisations and statutory authorities to promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the objects and for that purpose to bring together representatives of such third sector organisations and statutory authorities and specifically: 5.1 the advancement of education. 5.2 the advancement of health. 5.3 the prevention or relief of poverty. 5.4 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 5.5 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 5.6 the advancement of citizenship, and community development. 5.7 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £491,849 | £495,264 | 18 | 11 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £443,728 | £401,503 | 18 | 7 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £335,666 | £309,534 | 18 | 7 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £314,153 | £269,623 | 18 | 7 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £424,735 | £389,559 | 18 | 2 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
- 4/6 White Hart Street, Dalkeith, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.mvacvs.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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