01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011227
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 226
- Postcode
- IV3 5SB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
When faced with life shortening illness, death and bereavement, the people of the Highlands deserve the best possible care and support. Our ambition is to ensure they receive this. Hospice care focuses on the individual and puts the needs of them and their families at the centre of decision-making. By managing their pain and other physical symptoms, we help make time and space for reflection, for gaining perspective and for achieving a measure of calm. Crucially, our team also offers advice with the emotional, social and spiritual issues that may arise and works with patients, families and carers at a time of transition to help them enjoy, value and commemorate life. As well as providing services direct to those in need, we work in partnership with local communities and support professional and unpaid carers by sharing resources and offering training and mentoring, so they can provide the best care they can. Highland Hospice services are free of charge to all those in Highland
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote alone or with others the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in such ways as the Company shall from time to time think fit
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £9,659,920 | £10,227,424 | 226 | 1 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £9,630,127 | £9,954,670 | 226 | 26 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £7,797,377 | £7,749,990 | 226 | 5 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £9,040,161 | £6,902,456 | 226 | 2 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £7,456,096 | £6,088,879 | 226 | 15 October 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
- Ness House, 1 Bishops Road, Inverness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.highlandhospice.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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