OSCR Scottish charity profile

Independence from Drugs & Alcohol Scotland

Known as IFDAS

ActiveCharity number SC044032
Registered28 May 2013
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC044032
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
11
Postcode
KA6 5AE
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OSCR note: This SCIO has applied for consent to its being dissolved

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

A residential rehabilitation community to support individuals in the early stages of recovery from drug and alcohol substance dependency. We offer residents the opportunity to overcome substance dependency, rebuild their lives, and reintegrate into society as productive, healthy, and accomplished individuals through a work-integrated community model.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: the prevention or relief of poverty. the advancement of health. the advancement of citizenship or community development. the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (including relief given by the provision of accommodation or care all with particular focus on initiating and developing a recovery community for people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction (based on the principles of the San Padrignano Foundation in Italy) of social enterprise, community living and social integration.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£686,289£1,217,5281111 December 2025
31 March 2024£2,861,692£1,462,1061121 December 2024
31 March 2023£2,651,436£1,124,0031129 August 2024
31 March 2022£1,555,530£578,5581120 December 2022
31 March 2021£489,857£370,5461114 January 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
River Garden Auchincruive, The Bothy Office, Auchincruive, Ayr
Website supplied to OSCR
www.rivergarden.scot
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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