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Scottish Wider Access Programme - East(Swap East)

SC026180Registered charity from 19 February 1997
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By SWAP East
Address 5 Roxburgh Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH8 9TA
Website www.swap-east.ed.ac.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The aim of the group will be to promote the advancement of adults into education, with a focus on adults from widening access backgrounds, by means of access programmes specifically tailored to enable them to progress onto higher education. In furtherance of this aim we may/shall: 2.1 Continue to work as a partnership of colleges and universities to promote the education of adults and to work with and alongside other organisations committed to adult education. 2.2 Provide accessibility of educational opportunities for adults to move in to higher education by means of coherent, effective pathways and quality programmes. 2.3 Promote the success of SWAP students and develop their talents to help SWAP’s work in widening access to education. 2.4 Highlight social justice and work with wider initiatives to promote equality and diversity within further and higher education.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
SWAP East is a charity set up by Scottish universities and colleges whose aim is to advance the education of adults in Scotland wishing to return to education, by means of access programmes specifically tailored to enable them to progress onto higher education. It was set up in 1988; its main aim remains the same today.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 19 Feb 1997
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 3
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
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 Jul 2021 £134,000 £132,628 23 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Jul 2022 £132,000 £132,493 13 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Jul 2023 £132,000 £133,102 29 Feb 2024 Yes
31 Jul 2024 £138,000 £132,225 23 Jan 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
31 Jul 2025 No No
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
Robert Laird
Corporate Trustees
University of Aberdeen
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