01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC026265
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 14
- Postcode
- KW15 1HR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To provide specialist information, advice and tribunal representation service in the following areas of law: Benefits, Housing and Homelessness.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Orkney by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £488,448 | £463,913 | 14 | 10 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £471,373 | £519,833 | 14 | 4 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £402,420 | £386,943 | 14 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £374,713 | £350,335 | 14 | 7 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £373,239 | £343,104 | 14 | 26 October 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
- Anchor Buildings, 6 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/cab/
- Parent charity
- Citizens Advice Scotland · SC016637
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.