OSCR Scottish charity profile

Addictions Recovery Cafe SCIO

Known as ARC

ActiveCharity number SC052066
Registered13 October 2022
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052066
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
PA23 7PX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide a safe place for Recoverists to meet,and access aid. We signpost to organizations that help people with drug and alcohol addictions, assisting them on their road to recovery and helping to maintain that recovery. Our primary days of opening are Wednesdays where we provide a welcoming environment with hot food (usually soups) and sandwiches, cakes etc. We offer food from Food-share and other donators plus any hot food remaining to take away. We have a number of both other charitable organizations (housing associations, Bute Advice, adult learning, home energy/warm home etc) and Govt agencies that attend on various Wednesdays and meet with the Recoverists in need. One of the big aims of our charity is the reduction of the stigma involved with addictions. We have a rough split of 40% each drug and alcohol Recoverists (although, often they have can have issues with both drugs and alcohol) with the remaining 20% what we call 'social' attendees.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

a) To provide a safe, welcoming and therapeutic environment that offers different models of recovery for individual affected by addiction b) To advance education by breaking down the stigma and barriers surrounding recovery and open a path for those suffering, back into the community c) To advance health by improve quality of life by offering peer support for those who need a helping hand d) To provide access to information, training and volunteer work to aid with career prospects e) To identify gaps in existing service provision and work in partnership to fill these areas with relevant organisations f) To inform and influence policy making at local and national level g) To advance education and raise awareness of the whole family dimensions of addiction and recovery and to reduce stigma

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£3,113£14,737023 December 2025
31 March 2024£85,526£45,174031 December 2024

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
83 Cowal Place, Dunoon
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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