OSCR Scottish charity profile

Buchan Dial-A-Community Bus

ActiveCharity number SC031183
Registered28 February 2001
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC031183
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
10
Postcode
AB42 4NH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide non profit making community transport services to the local community within the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire particularly to those who may be vulnerable due to age, disability or through poverty.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • 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
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Company shall be to provide relief to the inhabitants of Buchan, Aberdeenshire and its environs who have need because of age, mental or physical disability, or poverty

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£313,114£350,3901029 December 2025
5 April 2024£317,804£370,658103 January 2025
5 April 2023£285,472£349,5711018 December 2023
5 April 2022£418,722£413,3441013 December 2022
5 April 2021£449,404£418,4441016 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
Unit 7 & 8 Community Services Building, Old Mart Site, Market Street, Maud, Peterhead
Website supplied to OSCR
www.dialabus.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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