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Advice Direct Scotland

A Registered Charity based in Scotland

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-SC034473 .
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Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

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GB-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC034473 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Description

The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the communities of Scotland and the UK by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress

OSCR Charity number

SC034473

Registered

Postcode

G2 6TS

Website

advice.scot

Latest income

£11,219,712 (on )

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

Advice Direct Scotland

GB-SC-SC034473

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Registered Office in the UK

Advice Direct Scotland

GB-SC-SC034473

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-SC034473 .
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 SC034473 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Advice Direct Scotland (this record)

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-05-09

Advice Direct Scotland Limited

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-05-11

Advice Direct Scotland

GB-SC-SC034473

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)

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Purposes (OSCR)

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

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.

  • Social advocacy G11

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Education ED
  • Health HE
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Advice Direct Scotland

GB-SC-SC034473

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2001-11-26 Registered as a charity
2018-03-31 2,265,709 2,211,401
2019-03-31 2,412,912 2,310,959
2020-03-31 2,010,178 2,081,513
2021-03-31 2,987,344 2,745,620
2022-03-31 7,216,185 5,650,890
2023-03-31 11,219,712 10,612,343
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.

Advice Direct Scotland

GB-SC-SC034473

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Community Fund
Medium Grants Scotland: Improving Lives
£36,000
11 months
SCOCOL Springboard Support –Long Term Financial Resilience for Fresh Start Users
Sep 2023 to Aug 2024
Glasgow City Council
City Wide - Vulnerable People and Families
£61,852 Financial Inclusion Service - Citizens Advice Direct
Glasgow City Council
City Wide - Vulnerable People and Families
£61,852 Financial Inclusion Service - Citizens Advice Direct
Scottish Council For Voluntary Organisations
Charter Fund - Call 4
£9,992
11.934426229508198 months
Bite Size Digital Skills
Mar 2017 to Feb 2018
The National Lottery Community Fund
Investing in Ideas
£9,993
11 months
Mayday Button
Feb 2017 to Jan 2018
Glasgow City Council
City Wide - Vulnerable People & Families - FI
£61,852 Financial Inclusion Service - Citizens Advice Direct
The National Lottery Community Fund
Investing in Communities
£785,199
5 years
Life Changes
Sep 2008 to Sep 2013

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Advice Direct Scotland

GB-SC-SC034473

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