Charity Details

SHAX

SC042940Registered charity from 15 February 2012

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Charity Information:

Address Merrick House
The Crichton
Bankend Road
Dumfries

Postcode DG1 4TA

Website www.shax.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are to work in partnership to: 4.1 Provide relief of poverty of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through provision of essential furniture and household goods to local people and families in need in transition from emergency accommodation to a permanent tenancy in Nithsdale and Dumfries and Galloway 4.2 Provide relief of poverty of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through provision of support and essential furniture and household goods to local people and families residing in low income housing 4.3 Encourage and enable the continued development of better resourced more people-centred and collaborative local services to reduce homelessness and the impact of being homeless 4.4 To educate and promote the local community to have an informed understanding of homelessness locally 4.5 To encourage and enable the provision of quality volunteering and employability skills training, especially for longer-term unemployed people 4.6 Advance environmental improvement by reducing landfill waste and preserving resources through reusing donated household goods and other such landfill waste not exclusive to households

Operations:

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

The charity was set up to support those people that are transitioning from homelessness to their permenant home, we are set up to provide a starter pack to take into account all the items that are not include via statutory authorites. The packs are designed to ensure that all people in this process have the items to ensure that the first day that they move it is a home rather than a building. This is designed to alleviate the financial pressure on new tennants as they have expenses by moving that they need to pay and these items cover the unexpected expenses they would not be prepared for and ensure they are not over burdened, helping them financially as well as mentally.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 15 Feb 2012

Main Operating Location: Dumfries And Galloway

Number of Staff: 12

Number of Charity Trustees: 5

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

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

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "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 Mar 2021	£221,271	£196,486	13 Oct 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£383,767	£260,878	04 Oct 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£338,066	£324,932	28 Sept 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£340,608	£328,588	07 Aug 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£338,066	£324,932	18 Sept 2025	Yes	Visit Charity's 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
Ian	Callander
Kevan	Douglas
Stuart	Callander
Dr Julia	Mitchell
Elizabeth	Thompson
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