01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051145
- 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
- PA15 1JZ
OSCR note: SC051145 - Inverclyde Community Fund SCIO was established to replace SC042844 - Inverclyde Community Fund
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
ICF activities are: Fund management and grant-making. Income generation. External communications and relations. Grant-making in 2024-25 was through Inverclyde Windfarm Fund (IWF) which is a 10-year funding programme for voluntary organisations and community groups in Inverclyde. The fund started in 2021 and is delivered through a partnership between Inverclyde Renewables LLP and Inverclyde Community Fund SCIO. The fund provides grants to Inverclyde third sector organisations that apply for funding that focusses on 'making a difference' in Inverclyde. During the 2024-25 financial year, IWF received 64 applications and awarded 43 grants to 40 third sector organisations, with a total value of £61,720.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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 advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- the advancement of animal welfare
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
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 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only and in particular the purposes are: 4.1 To make grants to voluntary organisations that are based within the Inverclyde area and who are established not for profit distribution and have only charitable purposes. 4.2 To make grants to individuals based in the Inverclyde area for the purposes of providing relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or any other disadvantage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £73,047 | £62,774 | 0 | 23 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £86,231 | £88,319 | 0 | 23 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £73,543 | £89,110 | 0 | 3 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £78,305 | £59,053 | 0 | 10 June 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
- Inverclyde Community Fund, c/o ICDT, Westburn Centre, 175 Dalrymple Street, Greenock, Inverclyde
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.inverclydecommunityfund.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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