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Midlothian Community Action

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC008286
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Dec. 11, 2025. Filing history
Registered
March 28, 1978
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
4/6 White Hart Street
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 1AE

Contact

Website
mvacvs.org.uk

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of health','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','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'

We are the Third Sector Interface in Midlothian. We support local third sector organisations on volunteering, capacity building and social enterprise. We also give them a voice in community planning. We also provide a range of services to volunteers, and deliver a number of volunteer-supported services.

Beneficiaries: 'Older People','People with disabilities or health problems','Other charities or voluntary bodies'

Objectives: To promote within Midlothian and elsewhere all or any activities for the benefit of the community which may be deemed by law to be charitable and in particular (but without prejudice to the foregoing generality) to promote, further encourage and assist the work of third sector organisations and statutory authorities to promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the objects and for that purpose to bring together representatives of such third sector organisations and statutory authorities and specifically: 5.1 the advancement of education. 5.2 the advancement of health. 5.3 the prevention or relief of poverty. 5.4 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 5.5 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 5.6 the advancement of citizenship, and community development. 5.7 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.

Geography

Main operating location
Midlothian
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 Dec. 11, 2025On time £491,849 £495,264 18
March 31, 2024 Dec. 7, 2024On time £443,728 £401,503 14
March 31, 2023 Dec. 7, 2023On time £335,666 £309,534 9
March 31, 2022 Nov. 7, 2022On time £314,153 £269,623 9
March 31, 2021 Dec. 2, 2021On time £424,735 £389,559 9

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.