01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC017271
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 16
- Postcode
- ML5 3AA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We ensure that individuals do not suffer through ignorance of their rights and responsibilities, the services available to them. or through an inability to express their needs. We provide a free confidential holistic advice service to our clients many of whom are in poverty, living in isolation, homeless or elderly and disabled. We aim to reach the hardest to help clients by undertaking home visits to housebound, disabled and cancer clients as well as offering face to face and telephone appointments to all clients as well as a drop in facility 5 days a week at our bureau. This is all done in conjunction with several outreaches to ensure that the local community has full access to our advice and support services.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- 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
The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit in (i) ['Coatbridge and its environs') and (ii) elsewhere by i) the advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. ii) the relief of 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 they do not suffer from poverty. iii) the advancement of human rights by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their human rights and by taking such actions required to redress the situation and restore justice. iv) advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients problems and alleviates the stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. v) advancement of community development by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteer advisers in the Citizens Advice Bureau who in turn 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 | £492,450 | £413,838 | 16 | 16 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £373,474 | £374,065 | 16 | 5 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £377,699 | £362,221 | 16 | 30 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £376,670 | £368,770 | 16 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £424,301 | £371,455 | 16 | 29 November 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
- Unit 10, Fountain Business Centre, Ellis Street, Coatbridge
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.coatbridgecab.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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