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West Edinburgh Community Support Group

SC052805Registered charity from 07 September 2023
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By WECSG
Address 31 Wester Broom Place
Edinburgh
Postcode EH12 7RS
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4. The organisation's purposes are the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need by: (i) collecting, buying, distributing and coordinating the distribution of items such as food, household items, toys and vouchers; (ii) coordinating the donation of services; (iii) providing advice, assistance, training and advocacy and (iv) recruiting and coordinating volunteers to participate in the achievement of the foregoing purposes all so as to relieve pressure on those with insufficient resources to make reasonable provision for themselves and for their families and so as to help them to enable themselves to find ways to make such provision.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To offer help to families experiencing financial and other issues that result in aspects of poverty and or wellbeing. To date we have mainly focused on short term or emergency help, supporting families with packages containing food, household and personal items. We also work in partnership with other local groups to coordinate additional support and help.. Last year we supported over 120 local West Edinburgh families (191 Adults and 254 Children) We are now extending the support throughout the year although for much smaller numbers although we are certain this will increase. Although the offer of emergency help is valuable it is not helping the families we support improve their ongoing situation. We are now managing to move onto the second element of our purposes which is to give people we support the skills and knowledge to allow them to endeavour to improve their situation and hopefully move out of poverty.eg workshops in Benefit awareness and Budget Cookery..etc.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 07 Sept 2023
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
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: "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
31 Mar 2024 £10,589 £6,381 04 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £7,204 £5,708 22 Aug 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Bryan Ross McCarthy
Frank Ross
Thomas William McLean
Michele Mulvaney
Janice Pauwels
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