OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dalbeattie Community First Responders

ActiveCharity number SC046218
Registered17 December 2015
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046218
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DG5 4AN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to help save the lives of people in need of life saving urgent care. We do this by volunteering our time as cardiac responders, A cardiac responder is someone who responds to an Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest to try and keep the patient alive in the period before the emergency services arrive. We, also, install and maintain Public Access Defibrillators' in our local area to aid speedy treatment of cardiac arrest patients. We further add to community resilience in offering free Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation training and defibrillator awareness. We attend community events, talks, and help other communities with their resilience in the face of people suffering an out of hospital cardiac arrest

Charitable purposes

  • the saving of lives

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The purpose of the Association is to provide the Dalbeattie area through the work of its First Responder Volunteer members, in accordance with their applicable Scottish Ambulance Service training 'pre-emergency ambulance care', including Cardio Pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and Defibrillation, , to individuals in respiratory or cardiac arrest or who are unconscious or are experiencing a serious or life threatening medical condition. The Association shall not be entitled to change its said Purpose other .than to expand or contract the geographical area(s) in Scotland in which it operates.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£19,355£0£0£0£0£0£16,343£0£0£004 October 2026
31 March 2025£3,766£0£0£0£0£0£4,608£0£0£0030 November 2025
31 March 2024£1,437£0£0£0£0£0£5,034£0£0£0014 November 2024
31 March 2023£16,469£0£0£0£0£0£13,797£0£0£0011 November 2023
31 March 2022£4,817£0£0£0£0£0£3,726£0£0£0017 November 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
Craigland
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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