Charity Details

Disabling Barriers Scotland

SC053043Registered charity from 08 January 2024

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By DBS

Address The Signet Library
Parliament Square
Edinburgh

Postcode EH1 1RF

Website https://www.linkedin.com/company/93807642/admin/feed/posts/

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

4 The organisation's purposes are: a. the promotion of equality and diversity through: - creating a network of solicitors and legal students with a disability or health condition. We provide a group setting offering peer to peer support through discussion, practical advice and guidance and awareness raising. - providing an anonymous point of contact to raise issues regarding work related difficulties and to offer assistance or advice where possible. - hosting roundtable discussions focusing on sharing ideas on best practice. b. the advancement of citizenship and community development: - by promoting civic responsibility and advocating for the removal of barriers that may exclude a person with a disability or health condition from entering or sustaining a career within the Scottish legal profession. c. the advancement of education through - hosting events to discuss how particular health conditions and disabilities can be managed within the workplace - supporting school, college and university students with disabilities or health conditions through their education and into a successful legal career.

Operations:

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

Disabling Barriers Scotland ("DBS") is a young start-up charity which focusses on assisting aspiring solicitors with a disability to gain access to the legal sector, remove obstacles faced by lawyers with disabilities throughout their legal careers, and celebrate the successful careers of lawyers with disabilities. It does so by providing corporate membership services with a view of raising awareness within the legal sector, by providing a forum of discussion among members of the legal profession on current issues, and by hosting public educational events that foster knowledge and inclusion

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 08 Jan 2024

Main Operating Location: Dundee City

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the promotion of equality and diversity"

Beneficiaries: "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 Dec 2024	£21,485	£7,075	30 Sept 2025	Yes	Visit Charity's Website
31 Dec 2025			No	Annual Information due by 30 Sept 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:

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