01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027470
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 335
- Postcode
- EH48 4LA
OSCR note: This company was incorporated on 17/08/2016 as a result of a conversion of West Lothian Leisure Ltd which was a Registered Society registered as a charity since 28/01/1998.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Provide leisure facilities for the people of West Lothian
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 3.2 To advance public participation in sport. 3.3 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, with such facilities/activities being made available to members of the public at large, with the object of improving their conditions of life. 3.4 To advance education. 3.5 To advance citizenship and/or community development (which may include the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities). 3.6 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 3.7 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £13,206,837 | £13,148,182 | 335 | 29 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £12,705,155 | £13,322,505 | 335 | 26 February 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £13,655,616 | £13,996,489 | 335 | 18 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £11,530,668 | £11,679,717 | 335 | 28 September 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £8,793,411 | £9,252,753 | 335 | 22 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
- Xcite Bathgate, Balbardie Park, Torphichen Road, Bathgate
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.westlothianleisure.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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