01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC035714
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- DD1 4DG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Hot Chocolate Trust’s work has 2 aspects: youth work with young people is our overwhelming priority. wider impact work has grown out of this. Youth work includes open sessions attended by approx. 150 young people each fortnight, small group work, individual support, street work, volunteering, holiday programmes and residentials. Austerity, cost of living crisis, & local & global uncertainties have impacts on young people trying to find their place in the world. Systemic pressures on communities cannot be dodged but we are very proud of our sustained and effective youth work. Wider impact work seeks to improve young people’s experiences in and beyond Dundee through sharing the youth work practices, resources and tools which have been developed within Hot Chocolate. We amplify young people’s voices. we share training, coaching, development processes and tools developed in our youth work. we nurture wider relationships with practitioners, decision-makers and policy makers.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) the advancement and promotion of the education, welfare and holistic development of young people, including the provision of recreational facilities and the provision of locations which are open, responsive and safe to facilitate young people growing to full maturity as individuals, positive change makers, community builders and mature citizens, such advancement and promotion being from a Christian perspective. and (b) the advancement of education primarily but not exclusively in the City of Dundee through relationships built on trust and respect, which are organic and reciprocal, promoting the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical well-being of those suffering from the consequences of deprivation, poverty, social exclusion, poor health, abuse or unemployment in order to advance the development of community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | 11 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £484,981 | £592,620 | 11 | 7 July 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £569,479 | £605,144 | 11 | 3 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £647,638 | £645,627 | 11 | 4 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £676,692 | £558,949 | 11 | 27 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
- The Steeple Complex, Nethergate, Dundee
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.hotchocolate.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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