OSCR Scottish charity profile

St Ernan's by the Loch

ActiveCharity number SC051441
Registered8 December 2021
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC051441
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PA66 6BW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Our charity was set up to acquire St Ernan's Church, which was being disposed of by the Church of Scotland, and to develop it is a 'quiet place' for local people and others. We have spent much of 2025 dealing with legal matters relating to acquisition. We hold regular meetings, raise funds, identify grants and update the local community. We have a membership scheme.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • 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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation has been formed to benefit the communities of the Parish of Iona with Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon and the Ross of Mull, as defined by postcode units PA76, PA66, PA67, PA69 and PA70 ('the Community'), with the Purposes listed in the sub-clauses hereto ('the Purposes'), to be exercised following the principles of sustainable development (where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs). The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 the advancement of citizenship or community development, 4.2 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, 4.3 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. Activities are primarily intended for people who have need of them by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship, social or geographical isolation or other disadvantage, and for members ofthe public.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

4 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£470£14102 July 2026
31 December 2024£536£491030 June 2025
31 December 2023£34,435£33,94005 June 2024
31 December 2022£13,924£148013 March 2023

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
Red Bay Cottage, Deargphort, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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