OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dunlossit and Islay CommunityTrust

ActiveCharity number SC047979
Registered6 December 2017
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047979
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PA46 7RE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The principal activity of the charity is grant making. The charity also owns a property that is leased to a local charity for community use.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • 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 makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

4. (1) The objects of the Trust are:- 1.1 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, with a particular focus on members of the community in Scotland and especially but not exclusively in the communities of Dunlossit, Islay and Jura. 1.2 the advancement of education, of health, and of the arts, heritage and culture in local communities both within and outwith Scotland, with a particular but not exclusive focus on Dunlossit, Islay and Jura. 1.3 to promote citizenship and community development by carrying out other community initiatives for the public benefit both within and outwith Scotland, and especially but not exclusively in the communities of Dunlossit, Islay and Jura, and by working to improve the quality of life of the residents of communities where initiatives are carried out or supported, through the tackling of economic, social and environmental issues. and 1.4 to promote such other similar purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£196,308£178,104031 July 2026
31 October 2024£106,414£161,493031 July 2025
31 October 2023£256,000£169,589017 July 2024
31 October 2022£341,000£345,092025 July 2023
31 October 2021£156,000£155,575025 July 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
Dunlossit Estate Office, Gate Lodge, Port Askaig, Isle of Islay
Website supplied to OSCR
www.dunlossit.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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