01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044825
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 32
- Postcode
- KY11 8PL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Lar was established to provide affordable housing to households that have difficulty accessing social homes yet struggle with high private rents and/or inappropriate housing. Lar uses a novel financing structure to build homes, then rent them out, being entirely loan funded and not being in receipt of any grant finance (unlike RSLs). Lar delivers an average saving of more than £3,600 per household per annum in rent savings - more than £10m of public benefit over the past 5 years alone. Lar now also provides increasing amounts of community facilities and benefits to support our tenants and their communities.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage: and (as ancillary to that purpose) The advancement of community development. through providing and assisting in the provision of housing for rent at affordable levels and (as ancillary to those primary activities) assisting (whether financially or otherwise) with the development or improvement of public open spaces, and/or other public amenities or facilities, to help to create sustainable and balanced communities in the areas where such afforable housing is located.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £6,083,000 | £5,504,000 | 32 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £5,985,000 | £5,574,000 | 32 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £5,023,000 | £4,440,000 | 32 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £4,763,000 | £3,186,000 | 32 | 23 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £3,738,000 | £2,600,000 | 32 | 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
- Buchan House, Enterprise Way, Dunfermline
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.larhousingtrust.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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