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Independence from Drugs & Alcohol Scotland

SC044032Registered charity from 28 May 2013
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By IFDAS
Address River Garden Auchincruive
The Bothy Office
Auchincruive
Ayr
Postcode KA6 5AE
Website www.rivergarden.scot
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of health; 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 (including relief given by the provision of accommodation or care all with particular focus on initiating and developing a recovery community for people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction (based on the principles of the San Padrignano Foundation in Italy) of social enterprise, community living and social integration.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
A residential rehabilitation community to support individuals in the early stages of recovery from drug and alcohol substance dependency. We offer residents the opportunity to overcome substance dependency, rebuild their lives, and reintegrate into society as productive, healthy, and accomplished individuals through a work-integrated community model.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 May 2013
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 11
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of health", "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: "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 2022 £1,555,530 £578,558 20 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £2,651,436 £1,124,003 29 Aug 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £2,861,692 £1,462,106 21 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £686,289 £1,217,528 11 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
William James Peter Muir
Liam Patrick Hughes
Derek Mair
David Chalmers
Margaret Gibson
Ian Fleming
Karyn McCluskey
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