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Penicuik Citizens Advice Bureau

SC014421Registered charity from 22 May 1997
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Palmer House John Street
Penicuik
Midlothian
Postcode EH26 8AB
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit in Midlothian ("the area of local benefit") and elsewhere, but particularly in Penicuik, by: (i) The advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. (ii) The relief of poverty by assessing clients' entitlement to welfare benefits, by providing them with assistance in claiming benefits, and by doing so alleviating poverty and distress. (iii) The advancement of civil and human rights by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their civil and human rights, and by taking such actions as are intended to redress the situation and promote justice. (iv) Advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients' problems and alleviates the injury, hardship,distress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. (v) Advancement of community development by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Citizens Advice Bureau,who assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the well-being of their community.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We provide free, independent, impartial and confidential advice and information to ensure that people are not disadvantaged by lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities, or through difficulty in expressing their needs effectively. We campaign and influence to tackle the root cause of the problems people face, and to work to strengthen their rights.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 22 May 1997
Main Operating Location: Midlothian
Number of Staff: 10
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation"
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 £373,685 £338,180 20 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £341,244 £325,844 15 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £341,220 £336,705 13 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £371,820 £360,230 09 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £411,415 £379,553 11 Dec 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
Claire Cornet
Elizabeth Beattie
Nicholas Grier
Isabel Stenhouse
Michele Lindsay
Stephen Babatunde
Linda Rose Grady
Dylan Lynch
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