01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033321
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- IV51 9EH
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 22 October 2012 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (NCS Skye and Lochalsh Company number: SC234632).
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Counselling Care Skye and Lochalsh is a small charity, founded in 2001, to make counselling more accessible and affordable for our community. We offer an opportunity for people to talk in confidence with someone outside their situation – gaining perspective and insight. Our goal? To help people better understand and manage the ways they think and behave, to improve their mental and emotional health.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the promotion of equality and diversity
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To advance health and well-being by alleviating the distress of clients experiencing psychological and emotional difficulties, through the provision of a counselling service. 4.2 To save life by offering hope to those clients who experience suicidal intent. 4.3 To promote equality and social inclusion by offering a service to anyone in need, regardless of religion, faith or no faith, gender, sexual orientation or financial circumstances. 4.4 To deliver a high standard of counselling within ethical boundaries, demonstrating compassion and seeking to bring hope, comfort and encouragement to all clients.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £173,779 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £129,769 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 3 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £176,882 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £125,727 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 11 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £124,081 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £114,647 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 23 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £71,899 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £86,552 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 22 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £118,339 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £76,213 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 19 November 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
- Office 5, Auld Bank House, Somerled Square, Portree
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.counsellingcare.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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