OSCR Scottish charity profile

Western Isles Cancer Care Initiative

ActiveCharity number SC047153
Registered3 February 2017
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047153
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
5
Postcode
HS1 2DG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To support people affected by Cancer in the Western Isles. We offer a wide variety of services – our WICCI Social Fund, our range of complementary therapies, group activities and counselling services through our WICCI Centre in Stornoway and WICCI office in Balivanich, our WICCI Care Box scheme and access to support, information and a place to drop by to access non-clinical support.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

To provide support, assistance and information directly or indirectly to people affected by cancer principally, but not exclusively, in the Western Isles. 4.2 To further and build cancer awareness, education and research. and 4.3 To promote and influence effective care, involvement and support for people affected by cancer.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£200,884£234,654529 September 2025
31 December 2023£214,902£210,09654 July 2024
31 December 2022£240,155£174,238515 August 2023
31 December 2021£165,354£127,370529 June 2022
31 December 2020£152,587£122,030529 September 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
Unit 1, 87 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Website supplied to OSCR
www.wicci.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.