Elphin, Ledmore & Knockan Community Association Ltd

Constitutional objectives

The Company exists for the public benefit of the community formed by the settlements of Elphin, Ledmore and Knockan plus the settlements of Altnacealgach, Benmore, Drumrunie, Inchnadamph, Ledbeg, Lyne Strathkaniard and Stronchrubie in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It has adopted the amended Articles for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible community body under the Land Reform Acts and of thereby enabling the Company to exercise the right to buy land under the Land Reform Acts. It shall have the Objects or purposes listed in the following sub-articles, which are to be exercised following the principles of sustainable development (where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs). 4.2 The company’s objects are to acquire the former Assynt Primary School building and its associated land in Elphin and to convert and operate it as a community centre for the use of the residents of the Community and their neighbourhood in the Highland Council area of Scotland without distinction of age, race, or sex, or political, religious, or other opinions, including:- i) use for the social welfare of the local community and meetings, lectures, exhibitions, classes and other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation and arts and literature. ii) encourage training and the advancement of education. iii) encourage the study, understanding and exposition of the Assynt region’s history, culture, natural history, geology, and geography. iv) any other purposes that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes. The company’s main purpose is consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development. 5. The company’s objects are limited to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6. The company may add to, remove, or alter the statement of the company’s objects in article 4. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.