Charity Details

Dundee Independent Advocacy Support, SC027180

Registered charity from 30 December 1998

Charity Details

This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressSuite E, Software Centre
Gemini Crescent, Technology Park
Dundee

This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeDD2 1TY

Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.Websitewww.diasdundee.org

Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard

This is the link to the lead regulatory body for this organisation.Link to Companies Househttps://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

This personalised charity registration logo can be downloaded free of charge and used on the charity’s website, email signatures and publications.OSCR Registration Logo

These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:

This Article shall be interpreted as if it incorporated an over-riding qualification limiting the powers of the Company such that any activity which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of the Article may be carried on only it that activity furthers a purpose which is regarded as charitable. Subject to that overriding qualification the Company's principal objects are to advance citizenship, community development, human rights, conflict resolution and reconciliation and to advance education and reduce poverty and hardship among people who need community care throughout Scotland and particularly learning, and physically disabled individuals, individuals with mental illness, individuals with dementia, and alder people by promoting independent advocacy services and advancing the education of the public about issues surrounding independent advocacy as they relate to the above mentioned people and in furtherance of those objects will:- a) endeavour to provide the highest standards of independent advocacy services; b) ensure that the interests of the supported individuals are central to decisions which affect their well-being; and c) ensure that supported individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

Details of the charity's operations

Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Active

When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 18 Apr 2024

Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 18 Jul 2012

Previous Constitutional Form 1: Unincorporated association

Previous Constitutional Form 1 Date: 30 Dec 1998

This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: Wider, but within one local authority area

This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: Dundee City

The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the advancement of education","the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "Older People","People with disabilities or health problems"

This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: it makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals, it makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations, it carries out activities or services itself, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Information Submission History

The end of the financial year for which accounts and information has been requested. Year End	The gross income for the period. Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	The date the return was validated by OSCR. Accounts Received	The accounts available to view have had personal data such as signatures and addresses redacted (blacked out) to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. The charity’s accounts are the responsibility of the charity trustees and any queries regarding the content of the accounts should be directed to the charity in the first instance. OSCR accepts no liability for the accuracy of the charity’s accounts nor any decision based upon them. Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2020	£219,658	£212,694	11 Nov 2020	Yes
31 Mar 2021	£340,804	£223,987	29 Sep 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£286,976	£289,103	21 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£318,982	£351,598	18 Dec 2023	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2024			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2024
*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 .

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