01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC041224
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 24
- Postcode
- ML1 1PN
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on the 22 March 2017 as a result of the conversion of Charitable Company (Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire SC369302).
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
VANL is the support organisation for community and voluntary sector (CVS) organisations and volunteering across North Lanarkshire and also facilitates partnership working between the CVS and public sector. Supports the wider CVS in North Lanarkshire by enhancing sector effectiveness. It promotes volunteering, fosters partnerships between CVS and the public sector (including the North Lanarkshire Climate Action Together Initiative and Green Wellbeing Project), and hosts the Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire Partnership’s Community Solutions Programme. More information is available in the leaflet and briefing
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The advancement of citizenship or community development, (including rural or urban regeneration, the promotion of civic responsibility, the voluntary sector or efficiency of charities). To promote the benefit of inhabitants of North Lanarkshire and, in particular, the advancement of education, the furtherance of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress by the promotion of voluntary service and developing volunteering within the area.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,015,967 | £1,040,469 | 24 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,015,534 | £992,734 | 24 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,050,052 | £1,026,685 | 24 | 10 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,154,530 | £952,226 | 24 | 7 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £785,029 | £741,549 | 24 | 9 December 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
- 7 Scott Street, Motherwell
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.voluntaryactionnorthlanarkshire.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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