01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC046101
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- IV30 1BS
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity's beneficiaries are in Tanzania. They are children and families in, and from, very difficult circumstances. We have a children's home, support young people leaving the home through continuing education, and facilitate women's groups with microfinance for small business development.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- 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
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purposes are: The prevention or relief of poverty. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. The advancement of health. The advancement of education. The advancement of citizenship or community development. The purposes will be achieved by: Setting-up and managing projects, schemes and activities in Tanzania, which will address the assessed needs of disadvantaged Tanzanian communities. Making grants, and where appropriate loans, to individuals, or charitable associations, bodies and organisations in Tanzania whose projects, schemes and activities will address the assessed needs of disadvantaged Tanzanian communities.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2025 | £38,613 | £36,059 | 0 | 5 February 2026 |
| 30 November 2024 | £33,382 | £40,166 | 0 | 20 December 2024 |
| 30 November 2023 | £36,714 | £32,057 | 0 | 8 February 2024 |
| 30 November 2022 | £34,070 | £31,963 | 0 | 19 January 2023 |
| 30 November 2021 | £36,789 | £28,099 | 0 | 16 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
- Lees Wealth Management, 4 Commerce Street, Elgin
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.busegascotland.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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