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South of Scotland Community Housing

SC037135Registered charity from 08 February 2006
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 11 November 2020 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC296863, company name: Dumfries & Galloway Small Communities Housing Trust).
Charity Information:
Address c/o Montpeliers
1 Dashwood Square
Newton Stewart
Postcode DG8 6EQ
Website www.sosch.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 to provide, or assist with provision of, housing for persons in necessitous circumstances primarily in the South of Scotland (the “Operating Area”); 4.2 to relieve the needs of persons suffering from mental or physical disability, illness, impairment or old age, through the provision, or assistance in the provision, of housing specially adapted to meet their requirements, particularly in (but not limited to) the Operating Area; 4.3 to advance community development primarily within the Operating Area; 4.4 to promote education, particularly in the field of housing; and 4.5 to promote, establish operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the communities primarily within the Operating Area.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
South of Scotland Community Housing provides long-term support to rural communities in the South of Scotland relative to the planning and delivery of community-led housing. Involvement begins with a community at the very start of a housing conversation, providing support all the way through to delivery and beyond. This work is inclusive of Housing Needs and Demand Assessment, project development (including business planning and funding packages), delivery and housing management. SOSCH understand the unique and specific needs of individual communities and the important role housing plays in helping to sustain resilient places, providing opportunities for people to live and work and support community-led regeneration and, where appropriate, repopulation.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 11 Nov 2020
Previous Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 08 Feb 2006
Main Operating Location: Dumfries And Galloway
Number of Staff: 7
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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 2022 £226,824 £154,584 19 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £251,198 £228,897 04 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £286,913 £194,705 25 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £275,301 £280,277 18 Dec 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Tahmina Nizam
David Johnstone
Michael Leybourne
Lincoln Richford
Madhu Satsangi
Annabel Pidgeon
Evie Copland
John Coates
Jennifer Challinor
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