01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC012956
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 17
- Postcode
- PA23 7HG
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 11 April 2013 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC012956 Crossroads Cowal & Bute, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 15 October 1981.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To provide appropriate advice and information to carers and their families on an individual or group basis on a range of issues, including services and benefits
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation’s purposes are to provide relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by 4.1 Giving respite to carers 4.2 Providing a carers centre in Cowal and Bute
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £352,335 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £365,707 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 8 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £313,828 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £334,022 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 20 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £329,837 | £5,128 | £321,420 | £3,289 | £0 | £0 | £305,302 | £6,719 | £294,575 | £4,008 | 17 | 10 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £264,126 | £1,422 | £257,930 | £2,340 | £0 | £2,434 | £310,807 | £6,618 | £300,235 | £3,954 | 17 | 23 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £398,922 | £0 | £356,301 | £19,385 | £0 | £23,236 | £307,848 | £5,969 | £298,067 | £3,812 | 17 | 4 February 2022 |
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
- 61/63 Argyll Street, Dunoon, Argyll
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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