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Edinburgh Direct Aid International

SC050964Registered charity from 11 May 2021
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity has been established to replace Edinburgh Direct Aid SC021007. Edinburgh Direct Aid SC021007 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Edinburgh Direct Aid International SC050964.
Charity Information:
Address 29 Starbank Road
Edinburgh
Postcode EH5 3BY
Website edinburghdirectaid.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4. Purposes The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 to relieve and improve the conditions of those suffering as a result of man-made or natural disasters in any theatre deemed appropriate to its resources. This includes: 4.1.1 providing material aid to relieve the needs of refugees, asylum-seekers or internally displaced persons by reason of hostilities, persecution, oppression, discrimination, natural disasters, or other like causes and to provide assistance to the families and dependents of those who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. 4.1.2 assisting with the provision of education, vocational training, health, social and other services to those persons and their families and dependents, and facilitating their achievement of economic independence by means of small loans and grants 4.1.3 the encouragement and advocacy of non-discrimination, active cultural participation, the advancement of human rights and the promotion of racial and sexual equality and diversity.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The charity’s purpose is to bring relief to those suffering as a result of man-made or natural catastrophes abroad, in any theatre in which we are able to make an effective, albeit small, contribution; and to do this under the personal supervision and friendly contact of our volunteers, not using paid staff excepting those recruited from, and to carry out tasks in, beneficiary countries. The help we bring spans a wide range, including provision of emergency shelter, schools, food, clothing, music therapy for traumatised children.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 11 May 2021
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation", "the promotion of equality and diversity", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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 Jun 2022 £0 £0 01 Jul 2023 Yes
30 Jun 2023 £216,212 £144,012 26 Jun 2024 Yes
30 Jun 2024 £253,335 £256,236 15 Dec 2024 Yes
30 Jun 2025 £222,507 £249,649 30 Mar 2026 Yes Download
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
Jean Horsburgh
Neil Meehan
Jeanne Bell
Margot Simpson
Andrew Greens
George McNeill
Ian McHaffie
Denis Rutovitz
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