Charity Details

Connecting Carers

SC020501Registered charity from 07 September 1992

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Notes:

Previous name Highland Community Care Forum from 07/09/1992 to 07/12/2023

Charity Information:

Address Connecting Carers
Wells Street Studio
33 Wells Street
Inverness

Postcode IV3 5JU

Website https://connectingcarers.org.uk/

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

(a) 'to relieve poverty and advance education among the residents of Highland Region as constituted in terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (hereinafter referred to as "the Area of Benefit") through i. the provision of advice and assistance with regard to the establishment and operation of organisations which are established for the care, good health and benefit of the residents of the Area of Benefit; ii. preparation, provision and dissemination' of information about such organisations; iii. the promotion of co-operation and co-ordination among representatives of such organisations and any other association or body unincorporated or incorporated having objects altogether in part or similar to those of the Company; iv. the promotion and/or provision of training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist, preserve and protect the good health of the residents of the Area of Benefit; v. to promote, establish and operate other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the residents of the Area of Benefit;

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Connecting Carers aim is to ensure unpaid Carers in Highland are not caring alone, are acknowledged, supported and have access to the right services and information they need to enable them to carry out their caring role. We remain the only Highland-wide service solely dedicated to Carers’ wellbeing, powered by invaluable input from our community. We continue to be committed to raising awareness of the rights of unpaid Carers through our services by supporting all aspects of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016. We are commissioned to support Adult Carers to complete their Adult Carer Support Plan, provide information, advice, and guidance, provide counselling and deliver events and training on behalf of NHS Highland. Our work with Young Carers in Inverness, Nairn and Ross-shire is funded by the Highland Council and in Lochaber, Badenoch & Strathspey this work is funded by the Big Lottery Young Start programme and the Robertson Trust.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 07 Sept 1992

Main Operating Location: Highland

Number of Staff: 31

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", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "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	£815,013	£776,305	22 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£1,146,169	£942,049	25 Oct 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,160,641	£1,227,773	19 Oct 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£984,510	£1,274,862	06 Nov 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£1,250,912	£1,338,952	24 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
Murray	Menzies
David	Stewart
David	Garvie
Alan	Hayes
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