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Cyrenians , SC011052

Registered charity from 17 October 1969

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This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressNorton Park
57 Albion Road
Edinburgh

This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeEH7 5QY

Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.Websitewww.cyrenians.scot

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

This personalised charity registration logo can be downloaded free of charge and used on the charity’s website, email signatures and publications.OSCR Registration Logo

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:

2 The Cyrenians’ mission is to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey. In pursuance of this, the purposes of Cyrenians are: 2.1 To provide and develop services: 2.1.1 to alleviate conflict and promote understanding between people in their families and in the community; 2.1.2 to support and help and to accommodate where appropriate, people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; 2.1.3 to assist people without work into useful and rewarding employment; 2.1.4 to promote healthy eating and to educate and support people in the values of good food, nutrition and health; 2.1.5 to promote environmental sustainability and to minimise waste. 2.1.6 to relieve poverty, exclusion and need, and to provide any other service that the trustees deem necessary in support of the Cyrenians’ mission. 2.2 The provision of financial assistance in any form to any body, corporate or unincorporated, any group, organisation or association whose purposes are similar to those declared above which is active and operating for the benefit of individuals or communities and is itself established for charitable purposes only.

Details of the charity's operations

Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Active

When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 27 Sep 2023

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: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 18 Mar 2016

Previous Constitutional Form 1: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Previous Constitutional Form 1 Date: 17 Oct 1969

This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: More than one local authority area in Scotland

This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

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 education","the advancement of health","the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation","the advancement of environmental protection or improvement","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

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: "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: This SCIO was incorporated on 18 March 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC011052 Edinburgh Cyrenian Trust, which was a Charitable Trust registered as a charity since 17 October 1969

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 2019	£4,866,920	£4,418,918	24 Dec 2019	Yes
31 Mar 2020	£5,141,084	£4,778,723	17 Nov 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2021	£5,656,045	£5,412,172	31 Mar 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£6,064,557	£5,942,386	16 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£6,978,000	£7,120,000	27 Sep 2023	Yes	Visit Charity's Website
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021. 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 .

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