01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044714
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- IV3 5NX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purposes of the Trust are as follows: a) For the prevention or relief of poverty. b) To provide relief, financial assistance or Welfare for those inhabitants of the Highland Council area who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disease, invalidity, disability, infirmity, financial hardship or other disadvantage. c) Advancement of education. d) Advancement of health. e) Advancement of citizenship or community development. f) Advancement of art, heritage, culture or science. g) 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. h) To assist other charitable organisations with purposes similar to the Trust so as to further their charitable purposes within the Highland Council Area by the provision of financial and/or material assistance.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- 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 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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
(ONE) The purposes of the Trust ('the Trust Purposes') shall be as follows:- (a) For the prevention or relief of poverty (b) To provide relief, financial assistance or Welfare for those inhabitants of the Highland Council area who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disease, invalidity, disability, infirmity, financial hardship or other disadvantage. (c) Advancement of education (d) Advancement of health (e) Advancement of citizenship or community development (f) Advancement of art, heritage, culture or science (g) 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 (h) To assist other charitable organisations with purposes similar to the Trust so as to further their charitable purposes within the Highland Council Area by the provision of financial and/or material assistance
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £7,690 | £6,626 | 0 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £6,138 | £4,066 | 0 | 2 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,319 | £6,625 | 0 | 6 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £352 | £4,475 | 0 | 22 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,001 | £3,752 | 0 | 17 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
- Corporate Finance, Corporate Resources, Highland Council, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.highland.gov.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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