01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC007212
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 57
- Postcode
- PA15 1JZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The mission of Inverclyde Community Development Trust is to: Contribute to the overall economic development of Inverclyde by providing and creating jobs for people from disadvantaged groups and areas. To provide a framework for local people to enhance their existing skills and enter a learning pathway which increases their potential for economic activity and/or improve their quality of life. To remove obstacles to individuals and groups accessing training and employment. To provide a range of services within the community and other community groups.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
1) To relieve poverty among residents of the area served by Inverclyde Council, ('the Operating Area') 2) To advance education among the residents of the Operating Area, particularly among young people and the unemployed. 3) To promote andlor provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist the residents of the Operating Area in obtaining paid employment. 4) To relieve the needs of persons suffering from mental or physical disability, illness or impairment or old age. 5) To promote other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the residents of the Operating Area. 6) To promote trade and industry, for the benefit of the general public.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,828,576 | £1,731,482 | 57 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,024,838 | £1,990,130 | 57 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,998,675 | £1,942,375 | 57 | 25 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,321,179 | £2,222,587 | 57 | 3 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,838,505 | £1,884,812 | 57 | 29 March 2022 |
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
- Westburn Centre, 175 Dalrymple Street, Greenock
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.-the-trust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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