Charity Details

The Depot – Supporting Refugees in Dumfries and Galloway

SC046366Registered charity from 29 February 2016

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Notes:

Previous legal name Massive Outpouring of Love (MOOL) SCIO from 29 February 2016 to 18 March 2025.

Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By The Depot

Website www.mool.scot

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 to prevent and relieve poverty by collecting, sorting and distributing donations in response to need for aid in Dumfries and Galloway and overseas 4.2 to advance citizenship and community integration through the provision of aid, support and information to Asylum Seekers, Refugees and New Scots in Dumfries and Galloway 4.3 to advance education through establishing learning and information events and programmes which engage, educate and develop the personal skills and knowledge of our service users and members of the local community 4.4 to provide recreational activities through organising, facilitating and delivering opportunities and events for the improvement and promotion of community, wellbeing and mental and physical health 4.5 to promote equality, diversity and religious and racial harmony by hosting cultural, educational and special events aimed at encouraging integration, building cultural knowledge and respect and informing our local communities 4.6 to advance human rights by developing advocacy, building supportive, proactive relationships with other organisations and working in partnerships to maximise effective assistance.

Operations:

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

We provide a safe space, aid and support to all Asylum Seekers and Refugees who are placed in the Dumfries and Galloway area. We do this by providing welcome and information to new arrivals, hosting open morning for meeting, conversation and access to donations as well as responding to requests for help. We host conversation sessions and other events in our Depot; We organise and manage events and cultural visits. We receive, sort and send donations overseas (mainly to Ukraine)

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 29 Feb 2016

Main Operating Location: Dumfries And Galloway

Number of Staff: 3

Number of Charity Trustees: 4

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "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", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation", "the promotion of equality and diversity"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
28 Feb 2022	£29,864	£28,787	28 Nov 2022	Yes
28 Feb 2023	£89,265	£70,051	30 Nov 2023	Yes
28 Feb 2024	£24,784	£39,396	27 Nov 2024	Yes
28 Feb 2025	£96,398	£66,036	08 Jul 2025	Yes	Accounts are currently awaiting redaction
28 Feb 2026			No	Annual Information due by 30 Nov 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
Shirley	Ferrier
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First Name

Last Name

Shirley

Ferrier

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