01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC038819
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- PA15 1JZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose of IAERC, which is a not for profit organisation, is to provide advice and advocacy service for the Inverclyde Community. The Board members are all from the Inverclyde Community. The organisation deals with all members of the Inverclyde Community who seek our services in relation to matters arising from work, past or present. We assist those in need, many of them Disabled or experiencing Inequalities, and by advising or advocating, enhance the quality of their lives and the lives of their families and the Community at large. The Centre provides a drop in service and an advocacy service open to all in the Community. The aim of the Charity is to ensure that the local Community access their rights, retain their employment and access justice should the need arise.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- 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
To advance education, particularly among the residents of Inverclyde ('the Operating Area'), within the fields of welfare rights, employment law and associated fields. To relieve poverty, particularly among, residents of the Operating Area. To relieve those who are in need by reason of mental andlor physical disability, learning disability, illness or impairment. To advance citizenship and community development through encouraging, stimulating and supporting volunteering, principally in the Operating Area. To promote equality and diversity through working towards the elimination of discrimination (whether on the grounds of race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, social status or otherwise), and through promoting and supporting equality of opportunity for all residents of the Operating Area irrespective of race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation or social status. To promote religious or racial harmony between peoples of different ethnic, racial, social, religious and other groups within the framework of a multi-racial and inclusive society. To promote, establish, operate andlor support other similar projects and programmes which further charitable purposes for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £83,244 | £83,440 | 2 | 19 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £77,048 | £77,083 | 2 | 14 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £84,108 | £77,974 | 2 | 6 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £75,515 | £74,129 | 2 | 11 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £76,848 | £73,418 | 2 | 6 October 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
- Room 3, 1st Floor, The Westburn Centre 175 Dalrymple St, , Greenock, Inverclyde
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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