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Motherwell & Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau

SC009733Registered charity from 14 March 1997
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 90 Brandon Parade East
Motherwell
Postcode ML1 1LY
Website www.motherwellwishawcab.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
Objects 1 The company has been formed to benefit principally the area of Motherwell, Wishaw and Shotts and surrounding areas (the “Area of Benefit”) with the following objects: 1.1 the advancement of education through (but not limited to) providing individuals with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities; 1.2 the relief of those in need through (but not limited to) (i) assessing individuals’ entitlement to welfare benefits; (ii) providing assistance in claiming benefits; and (iii) assisting individuals to appeal against refusal of benefits; 1.3 the advancement of health through (but not limited to) providing a comprehensive advice service which seeks to address individuals’ problems and thereby alleviates the injury to health, stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems; and 1.4 the advancement of community development through (but not limited to) recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Bureau, who in turn assist members of the public within the Area of Benefit, and in doing so contribute to the development of the Area of Benefit.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Motherwell & Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau is an independent charity based in North Lanarkshire, operating across Motherwell, Wishaw, Shotts and surrounding areas. It is an innovative, people led organisation delivering free, impartial, confidential, holistic, high quality advice and wrap around support to clients who reside, work or study in our local community. In response to the needs of wider community, we deliver a portfolio of North-, Lanarkshire wide regional specialist projects and national partnership projects to complement our local generalist advice offering. The charity's activities are underpinned by twin aims: to ensure that individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities or of the services available to them or through an inability to express their needs effectively. And equally: To exercise a responsible influence on the development of social policies and services, both locally and nationally.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 14 Mar 1997
Main Operating Location: North Lanarkshire
Number of Staff: 39
Number of Charity Trustees: 9
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "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"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £998,169 £948,176 02 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £974,403 £967,377 18 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,076,969 £1,064,783 27 Nov 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £1,301,875 £1,179,277 18 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £1,449,564 £1,264,472 07 Nov 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Susan McKay
Lesley Muir
Claire McPartland
Jillian Taylor
Thomas Brock
Jim Hume
Gillian Melvin
Alan Brown
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