01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020042
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 34
- Postcode
- ZE1 0JP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Shetland Care Attendant Scheme (SCAS) provides regular respite breaks to unpaid carers in their own homes (including overnights) throughout Shetland. This is done by employing and training Care Attendants who go into carers' homes and look after their dependents/loved ones while the carers are out/having a break. This allows carers to continue in their vital caring roles and also benefits the people being cared for at home by providing social interaction, engaging in activities or going out with someone outwith family.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company's objects are 4.1 to relieve stress on the person or family caring for physically or mentally disabled or elderly persons, and 4.2 in appropriate circumstances to care for disabled or elderly persons living alone. 5 The company's objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6 The company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the company's objects in article 4. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £435,246 | £409,209 | 34 | 3 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £357,018 | £367,343 | 34 | 10 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £463,713 | £387,192 | 34 | 18 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £298,535 | £287,538 | 34 | 7 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £203,674 | £173,913 | 34 | 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
- Market House, 14 Market Street, Lerwick, Shetland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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