OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Failte Centre

ActiveCharity number SC030286
Registered5 July 2000
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC030286
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
HS20LS
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OSCR note: Previous Charity name Stornoway Old Peoples Welfare Association from 05 July 2000 to 01 September 2021

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity provides a safe, warm and clean environment for the 30 charities that use the facilities. It also provides a pensioners lunch once a week

Charitable purposes

  • 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

  • Older People
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The object of the Centre is to promote the welfare of old people in a manner which is now or hereafter deemed by law to be charitable and that without prejudice

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£28,776£31,116030 June 2026
31 December 2024£28,147£21,975016 February 2025
31 December 2023£25,267£22,494016 March 2024
31 December 2022£26,986£26,766031 May 2023
31 December 2021£9,369£22,277013 January 2022

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
21 Upper Coll, Back, Isle of Lewis
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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