01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024835
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- IV2 4NZ
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Children In The Highlands Information Point Plus (Chip+) from 29 April 1996 to 08 January 2021. This SCIO was incorporated on 06 March 2018 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (SC241635) CHILDREN IN THE HIGHLANDS INFORMATION POINT PLUS (CHIP+)
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We support and enable families to improve their lives by building their confidence, empowering them to recognise their personal expertise and value, know their rights and have their voices heard. We do his through 121 intensive holistic family support, in person outreach activities and group-based programmes.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The charity's purposes are to advance the education and wellbeing of children, their parents, families and carers of children and young people up to the age of 25 with additional support needs and those working with them
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 2025 | £233,236 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £141,198 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 10 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £94,655 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £126,225 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 24 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £177,986 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £120,078 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 31 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £117,332 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £108,722 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 15 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £87,582 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £83,290 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 21 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
- Thriving Families, The Pines, Drummond Road, Inverness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.thrivingfamilies.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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