OSCR Scottish charity profile

Ardgour Area SCIO

Known as Ardgour Area Fund

ActiveCharity number SC043386
Registered31 August 2012
Main locationHighland
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043386
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH33 7AB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity has now moved towards a new model in which funding is prioritised towards projects identified in a local Place Plan, drawn up after extensive community consultation and approved by Highland Council.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • 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

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The organisation?s purposes are to disseminate funds in the form of grants in order to, support rural generation 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, within the communities of Ardgour, South Locheilside and Kingairloch. encourage the relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fit. encourage the advancement of education, training, retraining, particularly amongst unemployed people. promote the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance. support the provision of recreational facilities. encourage the protection or conservation of the environment.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£21,277£26,022010 June 2026
31 December 2024£6,184£16,505022 August 2025
31 December 2023£13,365£13,32806 August 2024
31 December 2022£25,230£2,753026 August 2023
31 December 2021£25,039£9,55005 September 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
Taobh an Uillt, 4 Clovullin, Ardgour, Inverness-shire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ardgourcommunitiestogether.net
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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