01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020111
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- FK9 4AU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Providing: 1. Education from primary to university level 2. Lunchtime Kids' Kitchen and evening Boarders' Kitchen 4. Provision of foodstuffs, clothing and first aid equipment to children and the elderly 5. Provision of spectacles to restore sight to the elderly 6. Supporting disabled children educationally/medically
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- 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
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To foster good relations between Scotland and Kenya To raise funds to be transferred to Kenya for the use of schools, orphanages. children and needy To collect or to purchase and despatch educational equipment, books, etc. for use in schools and To establish links between teachers and students in Scotland and Kenya and to encourage exchange between the two countries and to do all things as will properly attain the above purposes. The purposes and objects set out in this clause are hereinafter called 'the purposes of the Trust'
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 December 2025 | £30,254 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £20,523 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £18,089 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £25,679 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £19,256 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,004 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £32,905 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £23,600 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 25 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £19,128 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £18,500 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 3 November 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
- 47 Fountain Road, Bridge Of Allan, Stirling
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.directlink.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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