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BetBlocker

SC049565Registered charity from 23 August 2019
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address BetBlocker.org
PO Box 2089
Livingston
Postcode EH54 0GF
Website https://betblocker.org/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
(a) the prevention or relief of poverty, (n) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, BetBlocker is being established to distribute the web application of the same name. This web application enables users to restrict their device from accessing online gambling sites. BetBlocker is intended to help address the growing social issue of gambling addiction by providing a physical limitation on the user's ability to access gambling services. The application will be provide free of charge to users in all geographic locations, will not include any form of advertising and will not gather user data for any purposes beyond improving the tool and assisting users with technical issues. A secondary function of the tool will allow users to place 'Parental Controls' on a device to allow parents to restrict access to age sensitive material (gambling, pornography, "freemium" apps and social media) on devices used by their juvenile dependants. This function is intended to provide concerned parents with greater control over the material that their children can access. In this manner we would seek to provide relief from the disadvantage of gambling addiction and mitigate the poverty that can be resultant.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
BetBlocker has been established to provide a free app that will help users manage their access to online gambling services. We provide both a crisis management tool, allowing users to set a complete block for their chosen period, or a harm minimisation setting, allowing users to set in advance when they would like to restrict their access. The app is available in 18 different languages and we support over 30k people every day in 186 different countries.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 23 Aug 2019
Main Operating Location: Midlothian
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "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
30 Apr 2021 £124,225 £82,206 28 Jan 2022 Yes
30 Apr 2022 £40,793 £63,684 30 Jan 2023 Yes
30 Apr 2023 £75,429 £68,230 30 Jan 2024 Yes
30 Apr 2024 £443,252 £112,256 30 Jan 2025 Yes Download
31 Aug 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 May 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
Lisa Boyle
John Wright
Duncan Garvie
Martyn Delargy
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