OSCR Scottish charity profile

Harris Voluntary Service

ActiveCharity number SC000788
Registered11 March 1981
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC000788
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
HS3 3BG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Harris Voluntary Service exists to represent & support the voluntary sector, to assist organisations in coming together for common purposes, and to enable local people to gain access to decision-making processes which affect their community.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

(i) To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Island of Harris (within Harris) and in particular the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. the preservation and safeguarding of the physical and mental health of the community through physical recreation (including sports) and education in relation thereto. (ii) To promote and organise co-operation in and the achievement of the above purposes and to that end to bring together Representatives of the Statutory Authorities and voluntary organisations engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes or any of them within the Island of Harris (within Harris). (iii) The provision in the interests of social welfare and for the purposes of improving the conditions of life of the persons for whom the same are primarily intended of facilities for physical recreation (including sports) which shall be available to the public at large, including special facilities for persons who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances may have need of special facilities and. (iv) To do all other things as will properly attain the above purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£108,187£109,501316 October 2025
31 March 2024£104,150£153,77834 November 2024
31 March 2023£263,252£250,211314 December 2023
31 March 2022£158,700£130,39037 December 2022
31 March 2021£143,447£107,413313 December 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Room 12, Old Primary School, West Tarbert, Isle Of Harris
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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