01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC029715
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G83 8JN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up to promote the welfare of the senior citizens of the Burgh of Dumbarton directly and by assisting other statutory and non-statutory bodies engaged in similar purposes. In the period since the Covid epidemic the work of the committee has been restricted to providing financial assistance to one local senior citizens group by paying their insurance premium which allows them to continue and to providing social activities for the Burgh's elderly by providing an annual outing with meal and Scots Night in Dumbarton with entertainment and a meal.
Charitable purposes
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
1. To promote the welfare of all old people in the Burgh of Dumbarton and to initiate and carry out any schemes for that purpose which are now or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable 2. To assist the work of statutory authorities and voluntary organisations engaged in providing facilities for physical and mental recreation, furthering health and relieving poverty, distress or sickness 3. To assist any other charitable body or bodies financially or otherwise in the furtherance of these objects
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £11,328 | £16,103 | 0 | 15 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £11,005 | £12,980 | 0 | 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £10,408 | £7,814 | 0 | 5 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £10,030 | £480 | 0 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £10,165 | £256 | 0 | 5 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
- 31 Inchconnachan Avenue, Balloch, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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