OSCR Scottish charity profile

Gairloch Aid & Mobility Support SCIO

Known as GAMS

ActiveCharity number SC047047
Registered15 December 2016
Main locationHighland
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047047
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
IV212DE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We serve the local community by organising outings for elderly people and those with limited mobility: running fall prevention classes. and providing aids and adaptations to enable people to remain living in their own homes.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • 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

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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of health of those resident in the area of Wester Ross served by Gairloch and Aultbea Medical Practice extending from Mungasdale in the north to Letterewe and Grudie Bridge in the south comprising the villages of Gairloch, Poolewe, Aultbea and Laide and taking in all peninsular roads with the settlements along such roads (the Operating Area) through the implementation of purposes 4.2 and 4.3 following. 4.2 The organisation of recreational facilities and leisure time activity for persons resident in the Operating Area who have need of such facilities and activity by reason of their age, ill health, disability or other disadvantage with the object of improving the conditions of life of such persons. 4.3 The relief of those resident in the Operating Area in need by reason of age, ill health, disability or disadvantage through the provision by way of loan of wheelchairs (powered and manual) and other mobility aids in order to assist those in need to keep their independence and to allow them to remain connected to the community in which they live together with provision of advice and training in the use of such items.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2025£17,827£10,63004 October 2025
31 January 2024£16,351£10,146022 October 2024
31 January 2023£8,738£10,891012 October 2023
31 January 2022£8,701£7,252029 October 2022
31 January 2021£13,376£22,157010 October 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
7 Glebe Park, Gairloch, Ross-shire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.gams.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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