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Dates-n-Mates

SC052107Registered charity from 02 November 2022

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By dates-n-mates

Address Melisa House
Brand Place
Glasgow

Postcode G51 1DR

Website www.datesnmates.org.uk

Parent Charity Name C-Change Scotland

Parent Charity Registration Number SC035124

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

3 CHARITABLE PURPOSES and POWERS The Charitable Purposes of the Charity ("the Charitable Purposes") are to provide relief to those in need and advance the human rights and wellbeing of young adults (13+) and adults (18+) who have learning disabilities, by providing a wide range of dating, friendship opportunities and related skills development opportunities through membership, volunteering and employment, thereby; 3.1.1 reducing social isolation of those individuals and addressing social and emotional needs; and 3.1.2 advancing citizenship, including the rights and responsibilities of individual citizens including; i. combating of stereotypes and prejudices and promoting awareness of the capabilities of persons with disabilities; ii. preventing discrimination on the basis of disability relating to marriage, family and personal relations; iii. the right to be included in the community, to choose where and with whom to live; iv. to promote participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport; and v. identifying and eliminating barriers and ensuring that persons with disabilities can access their environment, transportation, public facilities and services; through the development of opportunities for people with learning disabilities, enabling them to be more active in their communities by involving individuals in community activities, to include volunteering.

Operations:

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

Dates-n-Mates is Scotland’s national friendship and dating charity run by and for adults with a learning disability, tackling social isolation and loneliness. Our work is underpinned by a Human Rights based approach using the PANEL principles to inform our practice. As a member led organisation, we encourage active involvement from members in planning and decision making. This contributes to ensuring that our members experience the same rights as other people and maximise the opportunities to have meaningful relationships. Through our work we challenge, and support our members to challenge, discrimination. We work hard to promote social inclusion, confidence, and independence through the provision of events in quality establishments where members are visible, their custom is valued and opportunities to make connections, with other members or the wider community is maximised. We deliver a monthly programme of social events and activities in mainstream venues across Scotland.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 02 Nov 2022

Main Operating Location: Glasgow City

Number of Staff: 19

Number of Charity Trustees: 6

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "People with disabilities or health problems"

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 2024	£465,686	£398,594	16 Sept 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£363,460	£411,929	01 Oct 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House 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
William	Rae
Daniel	McCallum
Faiz Mohammad	Khalid
Jennifer Anne	Blair
Charlie	McMillan
Wendy	Henderson
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