01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020740
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- PH33 6PH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Voluntary Action Lochaber maintain a Third Sector Hub in Fort William, offering affordable office space and networking opportunities for community based organisations along with providing a wide range of Volunteering and Third Sector Support Services. Voluntary Action Lochaber also represent the Third Sector by engaging with other partners, action groups, planning and stakeholder groups.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- 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 relieve poverty among the residents of Lochaber. To advance education for the public benefit among the residents of Lochaber. To preserve, conserve, restore and improve the environment for the benefit of the general public and particularly for the benefit of the community within Lochaber. To relieve the needs of people suffering from mental/physical disability, illness or impairment. To provide in the interests of social welfare facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation, available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life. To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within Lochaber.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £254,025 | £257,660 | 5 | 29 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £235,777 | £210,327 | 5 | 13 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £204,858 | £210,124 | 5 | 30 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £187,694 | £186,241 | 5 | 29 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £229,437 | £211,745 | 5 | 17 December 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
- An Drochaid, Claggan, Fort William, Inverness-Shire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.valochaber.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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