01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011149
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- HS3 3DG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Harris Mutual Improvement Association (HMIA) manages and operates Tarbert Community Centre, Isle of Harris for the benefit of and on behalf of the people of Harris. It promotes the well-being of the community's residents, inclusive of all of our community groups. Tarbert Community Centre provides a warm and friendly meeting place for like-minded people to gather and promote recreational, educational, social, mental well-being, physical, religious, creative, cultural development. Tarbert Community Centre is available for short-term hire by residents, visitors, charity groups, local and corporate businesses in support of economic development. HMIA's objective is to foster a community spirit and citizenship for all our stakeholders by the achievement of all our objects, securing the facility's maintenance and management for generations to come.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To promote the well-being of the community resident in the geographical area of Harris (hereinafter called 'the area') without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating the Local Authorities, Voluntary Organisations and Residents in a common effort to further health, to advance education, to provide a meeting place and facilities for physical and mental training and recreation and social, moral and intellectual development and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of these and other such objects as may be by law deemed to be charitable. (b) to secure the establishment, maintenance and management of a Community Centre (hereinafter called 'the Centre') for activities promoted by the Company in furtherance of the above objects or any of them.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £26,740 | £29,774 | 0 | 27 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £32,344 | £28,538 | 0 | 24 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £114,704 | £93,473 | 0 | 29 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £23,504 | £23,771 | 0 | 29 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £23,533 | £11,459 | 0 | 12 January 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
- Tarbert Community Centre, Pier Road, Tarbert , Isle of Harris
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.tarbertcommunitycentre.weebly.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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