01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033730
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- DG5 4HA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Dalbeattie Community Initiative manages and delivers services, events and project development to benefit the lives of those living, working and visiting Dalbeattie and the surrounding area.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3.1 The promotion, for the public benefit of the Community, of rural regeneration in the area of social and economic deprivation by all or any of the following means: 3.1.1 the advancement of education, training or retraining particularly among the unemployed and young people 3.1.2 the promotion and provision of training in skills of all kinds particularly such skills as will assist residents of the operating area to obtain paid employment 3.1.3. the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities where such maintenance, improvement and provision is over and above that which it is the statutory obligation of the local authority to provide 3.1.4. the protection or conservation of the environment 3.1.5. the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances have need of such facilities 3.1.6. the promotion, establishment and operation of other schemes of a similar charitable nature for the benefit of the community
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 5 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £1,710,873 | £193,414 | 5 | 24 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £383,528 | £495,811 | 5 | 25 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £235,405 | £199,030 | 5 | 3 August 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £103,104 | £122,578 | 5 | 8 July 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
- 71 High Street, Dalbeattie, Dumfries And Galloway
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.theinitiative.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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