OSCR Scottish charity profile

MARC Contracts Limited

ActiveCharity number SC038284
Registered29 May 2007
Main locationMidlothian
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC038284
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
6
Postcode
EH22 2AT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are a community based social enterprise serving the people of Midlothian. In order to conserve the environment and to reduce landfill waste, we set up a furniture and white goods recycling project many years ago. We collect, refurbish and redistribute household goods within the local community. All profits from this go to help sustain our project and employ local people.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To relieve poverty, particularly among those living in and/or around Midlothian ('the Operating Area') by providing people who are in a state of poverty with free or low cost furniture, white goods, appliances and/or other items To promote the voluntary sector and the efficiency and effectiveness of charities (particularly those operating in the Operating Area) and in particular through: (i) the provision of portable appliance tests and/or other services (ii) the supply of vehicles on hire and/or the provision of transport geared to the needs of such organisations To advance education through the establishment of a learning centre within the Operating Area and by furthering the education and training of those resident in the Operating Area (which may include the provision of work experience) with particular emphasis on those who are unemployed and/or newly entering or re-entering the jobs market. To advance environmental protection and improvement, and in particular through reducing (through the operation of recycling and other schemes) the volume of furniture, white goods, electrical appliances and/or other items that could otherwise form part of the waste stream and thus increase the proliferation of landfill sites.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£497,186£497,27964 December 2025
31 March 2024£494,673£500,19464 December 2024
31 March 2023£485,034£495,159616 January 2024
31 March 2022£417,148£455,178612 December 2022
31 March 2021£404,613£350,981616 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
10 Woodburn Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian
Website supplied to OSCR
www.midarc.org
Parent charity
Midlothian Advice and Resource Centre · SC009769

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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