01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027469
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- HS1 2DU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Western Isles Association for Mental Health (WIAMH) provides a support service called Catch 23 for adults aged 16+ with lived experience of mental ill health (and their friends, family members and carers). WIAMH provides a range of therapeutic activities for members to participate in designed to help people gain and sustain positive mental health and well-being and support them in their recovery journeys. WIAMH also provides a 'drop-in' service aimed to help people build positive peer support networks, reduce loneliness and social isolation. One of WIAMH’s key strengths is our ability to remain flexible and responsive and adapt Catch 23 service provision in-line with members current identified needs. Catch 23 provides practical support to help meet peoples' basic needs, and emotional support & signposting to help them access services and activities to aid them in their recovery journeys and tools to enable them to improve their mental health & address mental health stigma.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- 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
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote the preservation of mental health and to assist in relieving and rehabilitating persons suffering from mental health disorders or conditions of emotional or mental distress requiring advice or treatment in the Western Isles To advance the education of the public about mental health and all matters pertaining to it
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £191,862 | £157,966 | 7 | 6 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £122,316 | £171,123 | 7 | 11 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £157,108 | £142,437 | 7 | 19 February 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £135,957 | £123,593 | 7 | 10 June 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £84,392 | £81,443 | 7 | 29 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
- 23 Bayhead, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.wiamh.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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