01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051240
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- PA20 0DD
OSCR note: Bute Advice Centre SCIO SC051240 was established to replace Bute Advice Centre SC006571.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Bute Advice Centre was established for the purpose of benefitting communities across Argyll & Bute by the advancement of education (including debt management, welfare rights, consumer rights, housing and energy issues), the protection of health, both mental and physical and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.
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
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
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: 4.1 To relieve poverty, sickness and distress. the protection of Health, (both mental and physical), and Personal welfare, the advancement of Education and the promotion of Social inclusion. 5 The area within which the organisation shall operate (in this constitution referred to as the 'Area of Benefit') shall be Bute and the surrounding areas. 6 The organisation shall promote (but not promote exclusively) its activities and delivery operations to people within the 'Area of Benefit' who are living within the area. These people will be the organisation's beneficiaries.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 6 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £225,022 | £166,698 | 6 | 13 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £203,250 | £189,777 | 6 | 26 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £215,559 | £216,829 | 6 | 27 November 2023 |
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
- Bute Advice Centre, 5 King Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute
- Website supplied to OSCR
- buteadvice.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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