OSCR Scottish charity profile

Ullaspool

ActiveCharity number SC011440
Registered17 December 1990
Main locationHighland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC011440
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
IV26 2UE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The main objective of the charity is to run the daily activities of the swimming pool at Ullapool and ensure its ongoing viability through cash generation and cost control. Paying for utility bills, chemicals and insurance and the regular care and maintenance of the facility

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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
  • Other defined groups
  • 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

Subject to that over-riding qualification, the company's objects are:- 1. (a) to establish and operate a swimming pool and related facilities in Ullapool for the recreational and educational benefit and in the interest of the social welfare of persons in the parishes of Assynt, Scourie, Coigach, Loch Broom, Badcaul and Scoraig (hereinafter referred to as the 'Area'). (b) to provide training in the skills of lifesaving, resuscitation and such other skills as would be of assistance to a person endeavouring to save life and to provide courses for fishermen in safety procedures. (c) to provide relief for persons suffering from a mental and/or physical disability or impairment through the provision of therapy within a swimming pool environment. (d) to arrange and promote lectures, demonstrations and competitions and to form classes of instruction so as to bring about a widespread and thorough knowledge of the principles which underlie the art of swimming and to promote and encourage the teaching of swimming and lifesaving in schools, colleges and other educational establishments. (e) to provide in the interests of social welfare, facilities for recreation and other leisure time activities available to the public at large within the Area of Benefit with a view to improving their conditions of life. (f) to advance education by the promotion and provision of an audiovisual/ training facility.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£110,294£130,778020 July 2025
31 March 2024£107,201£128,105017 July 2024
31 March 2023£326,969£359,763010 October 2023
31 March 2022£252,343£271,896014 December 2022
31 March 2021£78,003£75,374014 September 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
Loch Broom Leisure, Quay Street, Ullapool, Ross-Shire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ullaspool.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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