01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033698
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 89
- Postcode
- ML4 1AE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Routes to Work is set up to relieve poverty and advance education particularly among the unemployed. We do this by providing skills, employability and employment support programmes to unemployed, economically inactive and people in low-paid or insecure employment.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The company's objects are: 4.1 to relieve poverty. 4.2 to advance education, particularly among the unemployed. 4.3 to promote training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist in obtaining paid employment. 4.4 to relieve unemployment for the public benefit, in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. 4.5 to promote, operate and/or support other projects and initiatives which further similar charitable purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £4,820,455 | £4,653,896 | 89 | 2 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £4,076,633 | £4,007,752 | 89 | 11 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £3,874,601 | £4,170,089 | 89 | 18 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,870,613 | £4,079,215 | 89 | 2 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,775,005 | £2,892,654 | 89 | 1 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
- 168-170 Main Street, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.routestowork.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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