01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043536
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- DG13 0AR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Xcel Project is based on three core themes – Activity, Employability and Leadership. These underpin all our projects and services. These include holiday programmes, youth club, youth cafe, drop-in nights and projects with local schools. Xcel’s Youth Information Centre offers safe internet access, social interaction, support and advice as well as information on a wide range of issues.
Charitable purposes
- 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
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The purposes of the SCIO are:- (i) to provide recreational facilities or organise recreational activities for young people with the object of improving the conditions of life and improving the health and education (including physical education) of the inhabitants of Eskdale and the surrounding areas through, without limitation, the provision of facilities or activities in Langholm and the surrounding localities, declaring that no act shall be out-with the scope of these objects by reason only that persons who are not inhabitants of Eskdale and the surrounding areas may or do benefit by such act. and (ii) to promote similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees think fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 4 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £102,131 | £80,726 | 4 | 25 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £103,570 | £100,619 | 4 | 15 August 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £111,073 | £87,187 | 4 | 12 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £21,449 | £31,522 | 4 | 3 October 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
- Xcel Youth Trust, 41a Henry Street, Langholm, Dumfriesshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.xcelproject.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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