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Handicabs (Lothian) Ltd

SC013906Registered charity from 24 September 1982
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By HcL
Address 24/3A Dryden Road
Bilston Glen Industrial Estate
Loanhead
Postcode EH20 9HX
Website www.HcLTransport.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
In particular the purposes of the Company shall be: 5.1 To provide transport for disabled people who are resident within the Lothian Region 5.2 To provide community bus services within areas where none, little or commercial services are not viable for disabled, ill, disadvantaged and the general public to improve quality of life 5.3 In particular Handicabs is established for the public benefit for the following object: To provide transport for disabled, ill and or disadvantaged people and for health and life saving purposes
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We deliver door to door support via 31 fully accessible vehicles to people with mobility challenges across Edinburgh and the Lothians. We provided transport for over 100,000 people during the financial year. We offered new services to include school transport for children with complex health needs, Audit Day Centers and Community Bus Services.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 24 Sept 1982
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 45
Number of Charity Trustees: 9
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "People with disabilities or health problems"
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 £1,615,379 £1,329,023 29 Nov 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £1,514,602 £1,587,312 03 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,622,617 £1,797,213 04 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £1,957,472 £1,733,586 29 Oct 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £2,155,501 £2,011,615 30 Oct 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
Michael Harrison
Lee McInnes
Joan Cameron
Patricia Lawson
Stephen Somerfield
Dennis Wilson
Jaslin Bhagrath
Kirstie Kerr
Kenneth Brown
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