01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037758
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- G2 1QQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Isle Futures was set up with the main aims of the prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of citizenship or community development, the advancement of environmental protection or improvement and the relief of those in need by reason on age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantages. After successful funding bids, the charity took ownership of the local village hall and developed the space, extending the building to include the village hall, conference meeting room and a community shop (providing the only shop in the village)and tearoom facilities. The charity and its trading arm provides employment to a number of local people each year through permanent roles as well as seasonal work. Also providing first time jobs and work experience for a number of youngsters throughout school holidays.Host and encourage local groups as well as creating a regular calendar of events and support services such as Family Fun Days, Mental Health and Wellbeing Sessions.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To relieve poverty, particularly among the residents of the lsle of Whithorn and surrounding area. To relieve the need, suffering and distress of those who are isolated byway of their age or infirmity/disability and to seek to involve them in the community as a way of ending their isolation. To provide or assist in the provision of amenities for the benefit of the general public, providing always that these amenities are over and above those that it is the statutory obligation of the local authority to provide and that any private benefit incurred is greatly outweighed by the public benefit. To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Isle of Whithorn and its environs by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide, or assist in the provision of the facilities, in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so their conditions of life can improve. To promote and/or provide training, financial or technical assistance, or business advice or consultancy in order' to assist the beneficiaries in obtaining, creating or sustaining employment opportunities within the community either by setting up their own business or through an existing business. To preserve, restore and improve the environment in and around the Isle of Whithorn through the provision, maintenance and/or improvement to public open space and other public amenities and other environmental and townscape regeneration projects and on the basis that in doing so, the company shall seek, wherever appropriate (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefit so arising clearly outweighs any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners) to carry out works of reclamation, restoration, erosion prevention and other operations to facilitate the use of these purposes of land whose use has been prevented or restricted because of previou
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £128,006 | £163,202 | 3 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £138,609 | £199,324 | 3 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £113,968 | £86,682 | 3 | 28 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £139,665 | £87,748 | 3 | 6 October 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £85,332 | £68,697 | 3 | 18 October 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
- Opus Business Advisory Group, 9 George Square, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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