01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC041737
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- G82 3HD
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 09 November 2015 as a result of a Change to sCIO application by SC041737 Bellsmyre Digital Community, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 26 August 2010
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Bellsmyre Digital Community was set up in 2001 to advance education, particularly in the field of communication technology: to relieve the needs of people suffering from mental or/ and physical disability by increasing access to advice and/or other support services and facilities. To promote and / or provide training, particularly in such information technology skills as would assist participants in gaining employment and / or adding to career CV'S. We also work with other agencies by engaging in relevant partnership projects: eg the Schools History Project and by hiring out our training facilities with appropriate technical support.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation’s purposes are: as follows and shall be consistent with our ethos: “where everyone is included”: To advance education, particularly in the field of information and communications technology. To relieve the needs of people suffering from physical or mental disability, illness and/or impairment, and other vulnerable groups within the community, and in particular by improving their access to advice and/or other support services and facilities, and by reducing the social exclusion of such people through improved communication networks. To promote and/or provide training, particularly in such skills as would assist the participants in gaining employment within the field of information and communications technology. To relieve unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £45,981 | £57,118 | 2 | 30 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £49,107 | £58,222 | 2 | 30 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £41,645 | £58,226 | 2 | 31 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £62,138 | £50,218 | 2 | 31 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £84,658 | £55,455 | 2 | 31 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
- 21 Braeside Drive, Bellsmyre, Dumbarton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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