01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022925
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 23
- Postcode
- DG1 2AB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Charity is set up to deliver a range of community based services to residents within Dumfries and Galloway affected by alcohol and other drugs issues. We also support people with gambling problems, and have an outreach housing support service for homeless people / people at risk of homelessness, irrespective of whether or not they have an alcohol or other drugs issue. The Charity holds two contracts with Dumfries and Galloway Health Board - Talking Therapies, and the Being There Family Support Service [to support adults over 18 affected by a loved one's alcohol / drugs problems. The Charity also holds a contract with Dumfries and Galloway Council to provide an Outreach Housing Support Service to adults 25 years who are homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company's objects are:- (a) to contribute to the provision of a comprehensive and co-ordinated community service designed to meet the special needs of those affected by substance misuse problems, and to promote the development of facilities as required as an integral part of such as a service. (b) to contribute to increasing public knowledge of the extent of substance misuse, its damaging effects on the individual, the family, society and the economy, and to initiate and support action to combat the problem. (c) to contribute to the promotion of sevices and facilities, information, education, training and research in regard to the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of substance misuse problems, without advocating or specifying any particular method of treatment.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £773,677 | £758,676 | 23 | 6 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £759,437 | £697,845 | 23 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £735,328 | £591,274 | 23 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £459,199 | £476,987 | 23 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £487,204 | £435,099 | 23 | 30 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
- ADS Dumfries, 79 Buccleuch St, Dumfries
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.adssws.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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