01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC013474
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 20
- Postcode
- G78 1SN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau provides free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination . ERCAB aims to provide advice and representation people need for the problems they face. We also aim to improve policies and practices that affect peoples every day lives.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- 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
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote any charitavle purposes for the benefit of the community in East Renfrewshire by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £700,312 | £788,466 | 20 | 31 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £700,312 | £621,444 | 20 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £784,965 | £461,584 | 20 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £711,776 | £554,668 | 20 | 31 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £509,157 | £440,391 | 20 | 9 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
- 216 Main Street, Barrhead, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- eastrenfrewshirecab.cas.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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