Charity Details

Hot Chocolate Trust

SC035714Registered charity from 15 June 2004

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Charity Information:

Address The Steeple Complex
Nethergate
Dundee

Postcode DD1 4DG

Website www.hotchocolate.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

(a) the advancement and promotion of the education, welfare and holistic development of young people, including the provision of recreational facilities and the provision of locations which are open, responsive and safe to facilitate young people growing to full maturity as individuals, positive change makers, community builders and mature citizens, such advancement and promotion being from a Christian perspective; and (b) the advancement of education primarily but not exclusively in the City of Dundee through relationships built on trust and respect, which are organic and reciprocal, promoting the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical well-being of those suffering from the consequences of deprivation, poverty, social exclusion, poor health, abuse or unemployment in order to advance the development of community.

Operations:

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

Hot Chocolate Trust’s work has 2 aspects: youth work with young people is our overwhelming priority; wider impact work has grown out of this. Youth work includes open sessions attended by approx. 150 young people each fortnight, small group work, individual support, street work, volunteering, holiday programmes and residentials. Austerity, cost of living crisis, & local & global uncertainties have impacts on young people trying to find their place in the world. Systemic pressures on communities cannot be dodged but we are very proud of our sustained and effective youth work. Wider impact work seeks to improve young people’s experiences in and beyond Dundee through sharing the youth work practices, resources and tools which have been developed within Hot Chocolate. We amplify young people’s voices; we share training, coaching, development processes and tools developed in our youth work; we nurture wider relationships with practitioners, decision-makers and policy makers.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 15 Jun 2004

Main Operating Location: Dundee City

Number of Staff: 11

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "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 Dec 2021	£676,692	£558,949	27 Jul 2022	Yes
31 Dec 2022	£647,638	£645,627	04 Jul 2023	Yes
31 Dec 2023	£569,479	£605,144	03 Jul 2024	Yes
31 Dec 2024	£484,981	£592,620	07 Jul 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Dec 2025			No	Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
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
David	Johnstone
Pamela	Mellstrom
Deborah	Johnstone
Sammy	Keith
Ross	Middlemiss
Andrew	Harper
Vered	Hopkins
Fiona	Strachan
Michaela	McLean
Sheena	Gibson
David	Osfield
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