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The Dove Centre (SCIO)

SC003026Registered charity from 08 May 1989
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 20 December 2012 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC003026 Dove Social Day Centre, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 8 May 1989.
Charity Information:
Address The Dove Centre
1 Clovenstone Park
Edinburgh
Postcode EH14 3BG
Website www.dovecentre.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4 The organisation's purposes are for the benefit of older and disabled people of west Edinburgh and environs covering the Pentland and South West Neighbourhood Partnership areas by: 4.1 The provision of care and recreational facilities and activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended 4.2 To advancement of community development and citizenship of older and disabled people; and 4.3 The promotion of the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantages. The provision of fully accessible transport to all older and disabled people to allow them access to care services.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Dove centre is a social day centre in Wester Hailes which provides day services to people aged 50+ in the West of Edinburgh area. We provide fully accessible door to door transport for all service users. We provide freshly made three course lunches on the premises which support healthy heating and also meals to take home to ensure nutritional support is continues in the home for those unable to prepare meals themselves. We have a weekly programme of activities designed to enable people to experience better mental and physical health and to help older people remain as independent as they can be and to reduce the need for statutory services intervention. We additionally provide hot meals to another day centre who do not have the facility to cook meals themselves on site. We also operate Dove Transport which was set up in 2003 as part of a community transport initiative in Edinburgh. We supply fully accessible transport to many different organisations.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Dec 2012
Previous Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 08 May 1989
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 14
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "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", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £258,304 £259,962 13 Oct 2022
31 Mar 2023 £363,037 £323,286 03 Oct 2023
31 Mar 2024 £377,906 £376,757 09 Dec 2024
31 Mar 2025 £425,727 £398,929 06 Nov 2025
31 Mar 2026 £473,520 £459,585 30 Sept 2026 Download
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
Rosemary Birnie
Kenneth Martin Wilson
Donald Urquhart
Anne Brodie
Mary Hogg
Marie McDonald
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