Charity Details

Family Service Unit Scotland

SC037181Registered charity from 10 February 2006

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Circle

Address 18 West Pilton Park
Edinburgh

Postcode EH4 4EJ

Website www.circle.scot

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

4.1 to provide help, support and protection to children, families and individuals who are in conditions of poverty, vulnerability or distress or who are otherwise in need by reason of their personal, social or economic circumstances; and 4.2 to advance education, policy and practice in health and social services through study of the conditions that harm affect children and families and through dissemination of the knowledge gained through that study and the experience of service provision.

Operations:

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

To provide help, support and protection to children, families and individuals who are in conditions of poverty, vulnerability or distress or who are otherwise in need by reason of their personal, social or economic circumstances; and • To advance education, policy and practice in health and social services through study of conditions that affect children and families and through dissemination of the knowledge gained through that study and the experience of service provision. The charity has the general aim of promoting the social inclusion of families with children marginalised by poverty and discrimination. The charity’s purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families. Our strategic ambitions are: • to increase the numbers of children and families who benefit from the Circle approach • to build collaborative approaches and services, creating effective and lasting partnerships with organisations that share our commitment and values

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 10 Feb 2006

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 60

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"

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 2021	£1,714,275	£1,501,421	12 Aug 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£1,602,242	£1,563,501	06 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£2,311,212	£1,930,601	21 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£2,571,047	£2,380,896	10 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£2,492,855	£2,717,361	16 Feb 2026	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
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
Garry	Luke
Lynn	Paterson
Louise	Dickson
Nickola	Jones
Stephanie	Knight
Helen	McCann
Ashley	Goodfellow
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