01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022565
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- DD4 6QW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
From our base in Stobswell we continue to match trained local volunteers with children and young people aged 5–25 who are struggling with social isolation – many of them neurodivergent and finding everyday life, friendships and community participation particularly difficult.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- 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
- the advancement of animal welfare
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company’s objects are: to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of children and young people in need within the city of Dundee and the environs without distinction of political, religious and other opinions, to advance the general education and health and relieve the stress among children and young people from disadvantaged families in necessitous circumstances.
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 2026 | £63,779 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £74,007 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 15 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £100,591 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £77,227 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 1 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £51,931 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £75,258 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 12 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £67,811 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £72,010 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 7 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £80,121 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £70,042 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 23 September 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
- 172 Albert street, Dundee
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.befriends.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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