OSCR Scottish charity profile

West Lothian Youth Action Project

ActiveCharity number SC026347
Registered24 April 1997
Main locationWest Lothian
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC026347
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
22
Postcode
EH54 5BP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity engages with those young people who are isolated or disengaged from mainstream education and youth services. We do this through a variety of ways, detached youth work, early Intervention (1-1 support), groupwork programmes and befriending. The work of the organisation also includes targeted practical skills training, music sessions, and environmental work in our community garden. We also provide mental health support sessions and intervention for the wider family , ensuring that the whole family approach is adopted and increases the sustainability of our work . The organisation also provides alternative diversionary activities to reduce alcohol and drug use and minimises the risk of young people becoming involved in crime and anti-social behaviour. We work in close collaboration with West Lothian Council, Police Scotland, NHS and other third sector organisations to improve the life chances of young people in West Lothian

Charitable purposes

  • 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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Trust shall be to advance the education and to promote the benefit of the young people of West Lothian and its environs, without regard to sex, race, creed or other orientation, by providing or assisting in the provision of, facilities for recreation, community activities or other leisure time occupations, such facilities being provided in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said young people.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£614,940£566,0302230 March 2026
31 March 2024£482,835£529,564223 December 2024
31 March 2023£449,330£446,9362221 December 2023
31 March 2022£452,088£416,8242222 December 2022
31 March 2021£470,033£421,7442222 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
Craigsfarm Campus, Maree Walk, Livingston, West Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
www.wlyap.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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