OSCR Scottish charity profile

North Harris Trust

ActiveCharity number SC033413
Registered23 August 2002
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC033413
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
12
Postcode
HS3 3DB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

- to conserve the natural heritage of North Harris for the benefit of the community and the public at large and to promote open public access thereto insofar as this is not detrimental to such conservation. - to promote trade and industry for the benefit of the general public. - to relieve poverty and provide help for the aged, handicapped and infirm and to advance education and other charitable purposes beneficial to the community. - to provide or promote the provision of housing for people in necessitous circumstances and also specially designed or adapted housing as may be required for the elderly, handicapped or disabled. - to develop or promote the development of infrastructure for the benefit of the general public to improve communications throughout North Harris including piers, harbours, roads and bridges.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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 advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1) to take all appropriate measures to conserve the natural heritage (being the flora and fauna, the geological, physiographical and archaeological features, and the natural beauty and amenity) of North Harris for the benefit of the community and the public at large and to promote open public access thereto insofar as this is not detrimental to such conservation. 2) to promote trade and industry for the benefit of the general public. 3) to relieve poverty and provide help for the aged, handicapped and infirm and to advance education and other charitable purposes beneficial to the community. 4) to provide or promote the provision of housing for people in necessitous circumstances and also specially designed or adapted housing as may be required for the elderly, handicapped or disabled. (5) to develop or promote the development of infrastructure for the benefit of the general public to improve communications throughout North Harris including piers, harbours, roads and bridges, provided always that any development of such infrastructure does not relieve the local authority of its statutory obligations.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£984,129£537,2351212 June 2026
31 October 2024£683,656£497,625124 June 2025
31 October 2023£525,676£485,885128 July 2024
31 October 2022£766,126£412,6041219 July 2023
31 October 2021£397,699£379,666127 October 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
Tigh An Urrais, Main Street, Tarbert, Isle of Harris
Website supplied to OSCR
www.north-harris.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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