01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030558
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- PA44 7NZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Charity is a primarily an island wide development trust and social enterprise focused on local social and environmental issues. They do this by using key project outcomes including the advancement of sustainable community development initiatives, protecting key critical services on behalf of the community, by protecting our natural environment using a circular economy approach. We have a strong focus on carbon neutrality and net zero and carry out projects that improve our local biodiversity. The Charity specialises in supporting young people with significant barriers to employment, relieving poverty and supports smaller charities and groups to deliver a wide range of beneficial services.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company has been formed to benefit the community of the Isle of Islay with the following objects: (1) The advancement of community development (including the advancement of rural regeneration) within the Community. but only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development. (2) To operate and absorb key services that the community requires. (3) To protect the natural environment on the Isle of Islay by promoting and encouraging sustainable use of resources through a circular economy approach. (4) To reduce waste, reuse resource and recycle wherever possible and promote education in the field of waste management to our community, visitors and businesses, moving towards zero waste. (5) To carry out and facilitate such projects, activities and research that conserve and protect biological diversity, natural habitats and our environment. (6) To relieve poverty among the residents of the Isle of Islay by promoting and providing training, development and employment, particularly but not restricted to young people and residents within the community with individual needs. (7) The organisation shall have the power to do all things necessary for the fulfilment of these objectives.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £948,001 | £364,660 | 11 | 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £331,298 | £417,649 | 11 | 27 March 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £448,225 | £387,031 | 11 | 5 February 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £712,483 | £334,876 | 11 | 9 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £355,619 | £245,579 | 11 | 24 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
- Unit 11, Whin Park, Bridgend, Isle of Islay
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.islaydevelopment.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.