01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042593
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 1,207
- Postcode
- IV3 5SS
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To make life better by providing affordable access to opportunties in sport, leisure and culture across the length and breadth of the Highlands.
Charitable purposes
- 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
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 the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.2 To advance public participation in sport. 4.3 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, with such facilities/activities being made available to members of the public at large, with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.4 To advance education. 4.5 To advance health. 4.6 To advance citizenship and/or community development (which may include the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities). 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.8 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time, through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by The Highland Council), which contribute to advancing wellbeing (primarily the wellbeing of residents of the area served by The Highland Council) including the operation, management, development and (where appropriate) delivery of the following facilities and services:- (MAXIMUM TEXT REACHED, FURTHER FULL INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CHARITY DIRECTLY)
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £40,017,352 | £39,143,552 | 1,207 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £38,515,065 | £38,780,561 | 1,207 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £34,907,762 | £42,704,140 | 1,207 | 8 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £31,676,258 | £38,613,348 | 1,207 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £30,478,738 | £30,137,941 | 1,207 | 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
- Highland Archive Centre , Bught Road, Inverness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.highlifehighland.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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