01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037135
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- DG8 6EQ
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 11 November 2020 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC296863, company name: Dumfries & Galloway Small Communities Housing Trust).
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
South of Scotland Community Housing provides long-term support to rural communities in the South of Scotland relative to the planning and delivery of community-led housing. Involvement begins with a community at the very start of a housing conversation, providing support all the way through to delivery and beyond. This work is inclusive of Housing Needs and Demand Assessment, project development (including business planning and funding packages), delivery and housing management. SOSCH understand the unique and specific needs of individual communities and the important role housing plays in helping to sustain resilient places, providing opportunities for people to live and work and support community-led regeneration and, where appropriate, repopulation.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 to provide, or assist with provision of, housing for persons in necessitous circumstances primarily in the South of Scotland (the “Operating Area”). 4.2 to relieve the needs of persons suffering from mental or physical disability, illness, impairment or old age, through the provision, or assistance in the provision, of housing specially adapted to meet their requirements, particularly in (but not limited to) the Operating Area. 4.3 to advance community development primarily within the Operating Area. 4.4 to promote education, particularly in the field of housing. and 4.5 to promote, establish operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the communities primarily within the Operating Area.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £275,301 | £280,277 | 7 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £286,913 | £194,705 | 7 | 25 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £251,198 | £228,897 | 7 | 4 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £226,824 | £154,584 | 7 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £172,939 | £114,282 | 7 | 17 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
- c/o Montpeliers, 1 Dashwood Square, Newton Stewart
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.sosch.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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