01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043979
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- DG1 4ZE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are funded to provide the Small Repairs and Home Support Service together with Dementia Friendly Design. Our main aim is to keep people safe, secure and living independently in their own homes for as long as possible. We will supply and install key safes and grab rails. We'll hang curtains and put up curtain rails/poles as well as shelves. We will undertake small plumbing jobs such as a dripping tap. We will install interlinked heat and smoke alarms to meet Scottish Government Legislation and also supply CO alarms. We will undertake those jobs that tradespeople will not do i.e. because they are too small. We travel the length and breadth of the Dumfries and Galloway region in our bright green vans. We will never turn up unannounced at a client's home and an appointment is always made so the client knows who is coming and when. Our service is free to clients who meet our critieria.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- 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
4 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are any of the following: 4.1 the relief of those of need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage including the presence of mental health or learning difficulties or the vulnerability due to domestic abuse by providing services to home owners and private tenants in the Dumfries & Galloway Region in order to help them stay in their homes more safely.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £261,429 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £289,889 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 19 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £279,462 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £271,022 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 21 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £236,503 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £226,079 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 11 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £321,452 | £219,734 | £4,437 | £95,949 | £1,332 | £0 | £298,948 | £0 | £298,948 | £0 | 7 | 18 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £265,775 | £219,892 | £13,244 | £32,409 | £230 | £0 | £221,883 | £0 | £221,883 | £0 | 7 | 6 December 2022 |
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
- Grierson House, The Crichton, Bankend Road, Dumfries
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.dghandyvan.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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