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Charity Details:
Ceased date: 28 March 2017

Consumer Credit Counselling Service (Scotland) (subject to insolvency proceedings)

SC024413Registered charity from 14 February 1996
The Name the Charity is Known By StepChange Debt Charity Scotland
Address Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Atria One
144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 8EX
Website http://www.stepchange.org
Parent Charity Name Foundation For Credit Counselling
Parent Charity Registration Number 1016630
Parent Charity Country of Registration Other
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The objects for which the Charity is established are:- the prevention or the relief of poverty amongst persons who are in debt (particularly in the United Kingdom) by:- the provision of advice to assist such persons to re-schedule and re-finance their borrowings; the provision of financial education to enable such persons to manage their finances more effectively the establishment and support of counselling services to which such persons may resort for advice on debt matters generally; the establishment of an insolvency practice to which such persons may resort as an alternative solution to debt problems; and the establishment or support of such other services or products for the public benefit to assist in the prevention or relief of poverty to advance education of the public in general (and particularly amongst persons in debt or at risk of falling into debt) on the subject of financial budgeting, financial products and financial services
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Removed
Last Updated: 17 Jul 2022
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 14 Feb 1996
Geographical Spread: Scotland and other parts of the UK
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Income and Expenditure figures are only available for all charities from June 2012. Prior to this, the data capture of expenditure figures depended on the type of return the charity completed.

Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Dec 2010 £1,059,750 £1,065,069 18 Aug 2011 Yes
31 Dec 2011 £279,809 £273,800 21 Aug 2012 Yes
31 Dec 2012 £360,642 £351,453 20 Aug 2013 Yes
31 Dec 2013 £552,785 £510,123 25 Jul 2014 Yes
31 Dec 2014 £541,538 £590,756 11 Sept 2015 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House 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   .
Information on details of charity trustees

OSCR does not keep a register of Scottish Charity Trustees. This is not one of our statutory functions or something that we are resourced to do. Information about Scottish Charities should be available from the trustees' report of the charity's annual accounts. Please contact the charity directly using the above search to find this information

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Charity accounts and constitution – what information do we publish?

From April 2016 we began to publish charities’ accounts, initially for those charities with an annual income of £25,000 or more, and for all SCIOs.

When a charity publishes its accounts on its website and has supplied us with a link, we have made this available. From late 2017, where the charity is a company, a registered social landlord or is also registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, a link is provided to the relevant regulator’s website where the accounts are made available. We accept no responsibility for the functionality, accuracy, or content of external websites – if you experience a technical issue with an external link, you should contact the charity directly.

You have the right to the following information under section 23 (1)(a) and (b) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, from the charity direct:

  • a copy of the charity’s latest statement of accounts
  • a copy of the charity’s constitution.

In addition to the above, a charity may also be able to provide you with previous years’ accounts and constitutions, although it is not obliged to do so. You can contact the charity to request this information using the contact details on the charity’s Register entry.

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