01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC032868
- 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
- KA18 2AF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Set up to help people in need mostly, but not exclusively, those recovering from, or presently suffering from, addiction. Presently we do so by providing food bank services.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of religion
- 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
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The advancement of the Christian Gospel in Scotland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom particularly, but not exclusively, among those suffering from drug, alcohol and other addictions and among others in necessitous circumstances and in furtherance thereof, but not otherwise to establish a drop-in centre at 20 Glaisnock Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire to assist and provide Christian counselling to those suffering from addictions and to other in necessitous circumstances.
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 January 2026 | £2,610 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £15,183 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 27 October 2026 |
| 31 January 2025 | £45,660 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £15,080 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 October 2025 |
| 31 January 2024 | £8,726 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £27,981 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 October 2024 |
| 31 January 2023 | £6,886 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,805 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 10 October 2023 |
| 31 January 2022 | £6,648 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £7,523 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 4 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
- Helping Hand Trust, 99, Main Street , Auchinleck , Cumnock , East Ayrshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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