01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011657
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 27
- Postcode
- DD1 1DB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people in Dundee who need help with problems affecting their daily lives. We support clients with issues including benefits, debt, housing, employment, energy and fuel matters and family concerns. Our trained staff and volunteers offer information, advice and representation including income maximisation, form-filling, negotiating on clients’ behalf and helping them understand their rights and options. We also identify emerging local and national issues and contribute to wider policy work to improve services and reduce disadvantage. Our aim is to ensure that everyone in our community has access to accurate advice and the support they need to resolve problems and improve their wellbeing.
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
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights andresponsibilities. Thereliefof those in need by assessing clients' entitlement to welfare benefits, by providing assistance in claiming benefits and by assisting them to appeal against refusal to benefits and by doing so ensure theydo not suffer from poverty. The advancement of civil andhuman rights . by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their civil and human rights and by taking such actions as are intended to redress the situation and redress wrongs andrestore justice. Advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients' problems and alleviates the injury, stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. Advancement of community development, by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Citizens Advice Bureau who in tum assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the development of their community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £884,317 | £899,910 | 27 | 5 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £803,303 | £823,320 | 27 | 11 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £932,444 | £935,358 | 27 | 17 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £865,678 | £871,870 | 27 | 15 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £898,825 | £845,191 | 27 | 8 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
- Central Library, Level 4, Wellgate Centre, Dundee
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.dundeecab.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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