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East Dunbartonshire Women's Aid, SC008311
Registered charity from 01 September 1982 Ceased date: 04 September 2018
There is important information in the notes section for this Charity
Charity Details
This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressMcGregor House
10 Donaldson Crescent
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeG66 1XF
Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.Websitewww.edwa.org.uk
The name of the parent charity.Parent Charity NameScottish Womens Aid
The registered number of the parent charity.Parent Charity Registration NumberSC001099
The country in which the parent charity was registered.Parent Charity Country of RegistrationScotland
Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard
Reason For Removal
These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:
(a) To provide temporary refuge for women and their children (if any) where the women have suffered abuse (mental, physical or sexual) in their home or within a relationship with a partner or family. (b) To offer support, information and help to any women and their children (if any) who ask for such help whether or not they are refuge residents and also to offer support and information to any women and children who have left a temporary refuge. (c) To encourage these women to determine their own futures. (d) To provide the opportunities for the educational and emotional needs of the children (if any) to be met, particularly those resident in refuges. (e) To encourage statutory authorities and other agencies to recognise their obligations, legal and otherwise, towards abused women and their children (if any) and to act accordingly towards the prevention of abuse and the relief of suffering. (f) Mindful of the fact that abuse - mental, physical, sexual - is the result of the position of women in society, to promote education and to inform the community and their representatives with respect to the abuse of women and its prevention. (g) To encourage research into the causes, the prevention and relief of such suffering and abuse. (h) To encourage such training both for ourselves and others as will best meet the objectives of the group. (i) To do all other things as will properly attain the above purposes.
Details of the charity's operations
Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Removed
When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 17 Jul 2022
Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 01 Sep 1982
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: Wider, but within one local authority area
This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: East Dunbartonshire
The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the advancement of health","the saving of lives","the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation","the promotion of equality and diversity","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage","any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "Children or young people","Other defined groups"
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: it makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals, it makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations, it carries out activities or services itself, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Notes: East Dunbartonshire Womens Aid SC008311 has now wound up and transferred its assets to East Dunbartonshire Women’s Aid SCIO SC047155 which is a SCIO East Dunbartonshire Women’s Aid SCIO SC047155 was established to replace East Dunbartonshire Womens Aid SC008311
Annual Information Submission History
The end of the financial year for which accounts and information has been requested. Year End The gross income for the period. Income Expenditure Annual Return Received The date the return was validated by OSCR. Accounts Received The accounts available to view have had personal data such as signatures and addresses redacted (blacked out) to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. The charity’s accounts are the responsibility of the charity trustees and any queries regarding the content of the accounts should be directed to the charity in the first instance. OSCR accepts no liability for the accuracy of the charity’s accounts nor any decision based upon them. Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2013 £371,779 £385,035 04 Dec 2013 Yes
31 Mar 2014 £376,106 £383,263 04 Nov 2014 Yes
31 Mar 2015 £411,363 £382,793 14 Sep 2015 Yes
31 Mar 2016 £499,111 £470,521 12 Dec 2016 Yes
31 Mar 2017 £473,571 £486,747 06 Dec 2017 Yes
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