OSCR Scottish charity profile

Kincardine and Mearns Citizens Advice Bureau

ActiveCharity number SC038869
Registered31 October 2007
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC038869
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
6
Postcode
AB39 2JD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We provide free, independent,impartial and confidential advice and information to ensure that people in Kincardine and Mearns are not disadvantaged by lack of knowledge of their rights or responsibilities or through difficulty in expressing their needs effectively. We achieve these aims through our staff and trained volunteers providing face to face, telephone or on-line advice. We work from offices backed in Stonehaven but also support our community through outreach centers and through collaboration with other Citizens Advice Bureau in Aberdeenshire and Scotland.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • 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
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit in (i) the geographical area known as Kincardine and Mearns and ii) elsewhere by i) the advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. ii) the relief of those in need by assessing clients entitlement to welfare benefits, by providing assistance in claiming benefits and by assisting them to appeal against refusal to benefits and by doing so ensure they do not suffer from poverty. iii) the advancement of human rights by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their rights and by taking such actions required to redress the situation and restore justice. iv) advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients problems and alleviates the stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. v) advancement of community development by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteer advisers in the Citizens Advice Bureau who in turn assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the development of their community.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£286,907£206,488630 December 2025
31 March 2024£246,851£219,847627 December 2024
31 March 2023£280,579£250,304615 January 2024
31 March 2022£284,781£301,558627 February 2023
31 March 2021£268,562£281,05461 September 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
Ground Floor , Sheriff Court Building , Dunnottar Avenue , Stonehaven
Website supplied to OSCR
www.kamcab.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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