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Who Cares? Scotland

A Registered Charity based in Scotland

Active Registered Charity (Scotland) Registered Company Incorporated Charity

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GB-SC-SC026076

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Description

The company’s objects are: a. To deliver high quality independent advocacy, children's rights and participation support to Care Experienced people, who are (or have been) looked after, subject to formal processes and structures or care leavers, working with them to ensure their rights are realised and their achievements recognised. We will also provide independent advocacy for children and young people subject to formal processes, such as child protection processes. In addition to this we will provide independent advocacy for the brothers and sisters of children and young people subject to the children’s hearings system’s processes. b. To enable Care Experienced people, but not exclusively, who are looked after or subject to formal processes and structures, and care leavers, to speak out, campaign for change and reach their potential. c. To provide relief to Care Experienced people by helping them to access information and advice, signposting them to other organisations who can help, and where needed, practical assistance.

OSCR Charity number

SC026076

Registered

Postcode

G2 6HJ

Website

whocaresscotland.org

Latest income

£4,599,379 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download published by Office of Scottish Charity Regulator.

Who Cares? Scotland

GB-SC-SC026076

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

Who Cares? Scotland

GB-SC-SC026076

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-SC-SC026076 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC026076 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Who Cares? Scotland (this record)

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-06-20

Who Cares? Scotland

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-06-22

Who Cares? Scotland

GB-SC-SC026076

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

Activities (OSCR)

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Beneficiaries (OSCR)

  • Children or young people

Purposes (OSCR)

  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • The promotion of equality and diversity

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Services for people with disabilities D13

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » Women BE113
  • Beneficiary group BE » Young people BE115
  • Charitable activities CA » Advice and individual advocacy CA101
  • Charitable activities CA » Policy campaigning and advocacy CA103
  • Social care SC » Children in care SC103

Who Cares? Scotland

GB-SC-SC026076

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2009-12-15 Registered as a charity
2017-03-31 3,358,017 3,270,939
2018-03-31 4,080,944 4,013,896
2019-03-31 4,675,971 4,628,853
2020-03-31 4,847,162 4,841,097
2021-03-31 5,204,363 4,893,371
2022-03-31 5,221,611 4,607,966
2023-03-31 4,599,379 4,675,561
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Who Cares? Scotland

GB-SC-SC026076

Grants received

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Received 29 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,550 Care Experience History Month 2024
The National Lottery Community Fund
Medium Grants Scotland: Improving Lives 		£100,000
1 year 		Our Community Our Voice Our Future
Dec 2023 to Nov 2025
CareTech foundation
Match Fund Grants Fund FY20/21 		£140 Match Funding Grant
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Other grants and programmes\COVID19 Emergency Fund - Organisations 		£20,000
3 months 		Covid-19 Emergency Funding
Aug 2020 to Nov 2020
Comic Relief
COVID19 Recovery funding 		£29,918
6 months 		Who Cares? Scotland Recovery Funding
Jul 2020 to Aug 2020
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Big Night In 		£24,496 VSCE CMC Fund
William Grant Foundation £30,000
1 year 		Coronavirus Assistance
May 2020 to May 2021
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Other grants and programmes\COVID19 Emergency Fund 		£20,000
3 months 		Covid-19 Emergency Funding
Apr 2020 to Jul 2020
John Ellerman Foundation
Social Action 		£118,656
3 years 		Salary costs for a Policy and Participation Officer, and associated costs to embed a national engagement program with our members
Apr 2020 to Apr 2023
William Grant Foundation £20,000
6 months 		Coronavirus Assistance
Mar 2020 to Sep 2020

Data source

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National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence

Who Cares? Scotland

GB-SC-SC026076

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