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BetBlocker

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC049565
Status
Active
Registered
Aug. 23, 2019
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
BetBlocker.org
PO Box 2089
Livingston
EH54 0GF

Contact

Website
betblocker.org
Website screenshot

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

BetBlocker has been established to provide a free app that will help users manage their access to online gambling services. We provide both a crisis management tool, allowing users to set a complete block for their chosen period, or a harm minimisation setting, allowing users to set in advance when they would like to restrict their access. The app is available in 18 different languages and we support over 30k people every day in 186 different countries.

Objectives: (a) the prevention or relief of poverty, (n) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, BetBlocker is being established to distribute the web application of the same name. This web application enables users to restrict their device from accessing online gambling sites. BetBlocker is intended to help address the growing social issue of gambling addiction by providing a physical limitation on the user's ability to access gambling services. The application will be provide free of charge to users in all geographic locations, will not include any form of advertising and will not gather user data for any purposes beyond improving the tool and assisting users with technical issues. A secondary function of the tool will allow users to place 'Parental Controls' on a device to allow parents to restrict access to age sensitive material (gambling, pornography, 'freemium' apps and social media) on devices used by their juvenile dependants. This function is intended to provide concerned parents with greater control over the material that their children can access. In this manner we would seek to provide relief from the disadvantage of gambling addiction and mitigate the poverty that can be resultant.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Midlothian
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees Accounts
Aug. 31, 2025 £350,239 £354,855 2 PDF 114.4 KB
April 30, 2024 £443,252 £112,256 1 PDF 402.1 KB
April 30, 2023 £75,429 £68,230 1
April 30, 2022 £40,793 £63,684 1
April 30, 2021 £124,225 £82,206 2