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Macduff Community Benefit Society, SC052699
Registered charity from 20 July 2023
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The name the charity is known by.The Name the Charity is Known ByMacduff CBS
This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.Address73 Duff Street
Macduff
AB44 1LQ
This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeAB44 1LQ
Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.WebsiteNo Link Provided
Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard
This personalised charity registration logo can be downloaded free of charge and used on the charity’s website, email signatures and publications.OSCR Registration Logo
These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:
The objects of the society shall be to carry on business for the benefit of the community at large, through furthering, within Macduff (which comprises the postcodes beginning AB44 and AB45) (the Community), the following charitable purposes: 2.1 The advancement of community development (including urban regeneration; 2.2 The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in the community 2.3 The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society 2.4 The protection and preservation of the environment to the public benefit, particularly through promotion of waste reduction, reuse and recycling. 2.5 The development of a stronger community by working with local authorities, agencies, groups and individuals to provide education and support for build community capacity for social inclusion & adhesion But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.
Details of the charity's operations
Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Active
When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 20 Jul 2023
Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: Community Benefit Society
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Jul 2023
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire
The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development","the advancement of environmental protection or improvement","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: it makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals, it makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations, it carries out activities or services itself, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations","It carries out activities or services itself"

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