01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030685
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- DD5 4LX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Monifieth Befriending Scheme is set up to reduce loneliness and social isolation and improve wellbeing for older people living in Monifieth. We do this by recruiting, training and supporting volunteers who are carefully matched with older people who would benefit from companionship and regular social contact. Our volunteer befrienders provide friendship, conversation and emotional support through regular visits and shared activities. We also offer social opportunities through group activities and events, helping people build connections within their community. Through these services, we aim to improve confidence, reduce feelings of isolation, support independence and enhance quality of life for older people, while also creating meaningful volunteering opportunities that strengthen community connections.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objectives of the Befriending Scheme shall be: 1) to provide community contact with people, who are 60 years of age or over (in certain circumstances people below the age of 60 years can be considered as users of the scheme according to the individuals' needs) to support their social activities without distinction of political, religious and other opinions and to provide support to those people, improve their well-being, thus empower them to be participants in their community, according to each individual's abilities and wishes. and 2) To provide community contact for people of any age, who have been bereaved and identified as in need of befriending support on a flexible timescale relevant to individual requirements (all people within the groups defined above and to whom a service is provided by the Befriending Scheme being hereinafter called Friends' or, in singular, 'a Friend'):
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 | £81,796 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £89,846 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 26 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £87,243 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £95,986 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 23 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £86,261 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £77,941 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 5 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £83,948 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £68,302 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 2 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £92,929 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £57,341 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 13 October 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
- The Health Centre, Victoria Street, Monifieth
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.monifiethbefrienders.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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