01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC052387
- 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
- AB34 4XA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are set up to provide a connection with older people in the rural communities in Deeside. We do this through twice-weekly social spaces, activities, and events. We also deliver 350 Christmas Cheer care packages each year to our most vulnerable older people. Our members are often rurally isolated, caring for others, with long-term illnesses or bereaved, and we make them feel part of the community and grow their self-confidence through informal social prescribing.
Charitable purposes
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Purposes 4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 Provide activities and events for older, vulnerable people over the age of 50 in the rural communities of Aboyne Ballater and Braemar and their surrounding villages. 4.2. To connect older people over the age of 50, with each other through the three themes of active lifestyle, creative activity and learning. 4.3 For the most vulnerable aged 50 and over, we will provide where possible doorstep deliveries and contact.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £5,025 | £7,435 | 0 | 22 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £11,188 | £5,863 | 0 | 29 October 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
- Melgum Lodge, Tarland, Aberdeenshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.youngatheartdeeside.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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