OSCR Scottish charity profile

Community Violence And Abuse Support Service

ActiveCharity number SC037634
Registered24 November 2006
Main locationHighland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037634
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
IV12 4PD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Support, advice and help people in violent and abusive relationships

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To relieve abuse (emotional, physical and sexual), poverty and further education by:- (a) offering support, advice and help to any individual who asks for help in respect of violence and abusive relationships. (b) Encouraging individuals to determine their own futures (c) Providing opportunities for the educational and emotional needs of children (if any) to be met (d) Encouraging statutory authorities and other agencies to recognise their obligations, legal and otherwise, towards individuals with respect to abuse and its prevention. (e) Promoting education and informing the community and their representatives with respect to abuse (f) Encouraging research into the causes, prevention and relief of suffering and abuse of women, men and children within relationships.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£65,941£64,583018 March 2026
31 March 2024£55,035£59,914016 December 2024
31 March 2023£55,884£48,451011 December 2023
31 March 2022£48,758£49,801019 December 2022
31 March 2021£38,591£144,618020 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
4 King Street, Fishertown, Nairn
Website supplied to OSCR
www.covass.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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