01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006932
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- PH26 3HF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are a support organisation for charities and association in our area and we provide good governance advice and training
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 provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- 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
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote the general good of the communities of Badenoch and Strathspey, as well as other parts of the Highlands and the Cairngorms National Park and to assist the work of the statutory authorities and voluntary organisations in advancing education, furthering health, improving skills, providing information, relieving poverty, sickness or distress or in pursuing any objects which are or are hereafter deemed in law to be charitable. b) To organise co-operation in the achievement of the above purposes and to that end, bring together representatives of the authorities and organisations engaged in the promotion of the above purposes. c) To promote voluntary effort. d) To take and organise action for the promotion and improvement of education and skills, transport, health, employment, arts and crafts, information, social welfare or other issues which are relevant to the quality of life within the said communities.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £107,381 | £127,932 | 3 | 4 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £114,003 | £122,362 | 3 | 3 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £124,832 | £139,110 | 3 | 23 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £146,011 | £156,636 | 3 | 12 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £226,327 | £182,719 | 3 | 23 November 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
- The Highland Council (VABS office), The Square, GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY, Morayshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.vabs.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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