01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009733
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 39
- Postcode
- ML1 1LY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Motherwell & Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau is an independent charity based in North Lanarkshire, operating across Motherwell, Wishaw, Shotts and surrounding areas. It is an innovative, people led organisation delivering free, impartial, confidential, holistic, high quality advice and wrap around support to clients who reside, work or study in our local community. In response to the needs of wider community, we deliver a portfolio of North-, Lanarkshire wide regional specialist projects and national partnership projects to complement our local generalist advice offering. The charity's activities are underpinned by twin aims: to ensure that individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities or of the services available to them or through an inability to express their needs effectively. And equally: To exercise a responsible influence on the development of social policies and services, both locally and nationally.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Objects 1 The company has been formed to benefit principally the area of Motherwell, Wishaw and Shotts and surrounding areas (the “Area of Benefit”) with the following objects: 1.1 the advancement of education through (but not limited to) providing individuals with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. 1.2 the relief of those in need through (but not limited to) (i) assessing individuals’ entitlement to welfare benefits. (ii) providing assistance in claiming benefits. and (iii) assisting individuals to appeal against refusal of benefits. 1.3 the advancement of health through (but not limited to) providing a comprehensive advice service which seeks to address individuals’ problems and thereby alleviates the injury to health, stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. and 1.4 the advancement of community development through (but not limited to) recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Bureau, who in turn assist members of the public within the Area of Benefit, and in doing so contribute to the development of the Area of Benefit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,449,564 | £1,264,472 | 39 | 7 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,301,875 | £1,179,277 | 39 | 18 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,076,969 | £1,064,783 | 39 | 27 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £974,403 | £967,377 | 39 | 18 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £998,169 | £948,176 | 39 | 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
- 90 Brandon Parade East, Motherwell
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.motherwellwishawcab.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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