OSCR Scottish charity profile

Argyll FM Limited

Known as Argyll FM, Argyll Community Media Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC052427
Registered22 March 2023
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052427
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
PA28 6ER

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

As a regional radio station we have a broadcast and recording studio that is also our office premises. We run the radio station Argyll FM, broadcast to the public at large, and run occasional relevant events.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

Objects 2) The company's objects are: a) The provision of a recreational facility and the organisation of recreational activities across Argyll in the form of community media, with the object of improving the conditions of life for those who have access to it, as well as advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, the advancement of education and the promotion of community cohesion and development through: i) the operation of the independent local radio station 'Argyll FM', broadcast to the public at large. ii) The operation of community media initiatives in other forms that may include Web-based, television, print or mixed media. iii) Ensuring that the output of its community media initiatives cater for the people of Argyll and is relevant to those who live in this region, unlike the output of mainstream conventional media providers. iv) Working to reduce social isolation and exclusion for the people of Argyll through both involvement in and access to its community media initiatives. v) Providing opportunities for the teaching, learning, and practising of skills in media production and broadcasting. vi) Providing opportunities for the promotion of local musical and other creative talent. 3) The company?s objects are restricted to those set out in article 2 (but subject to article 4). 4) The company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the company?s objects in article 2. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies (Companies House) and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£26,874£53,59704 April 2026
31 March 2025£26,874£53,597028 December 2025
31 March 2024£26,947£1,267026 February 2025

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
27-29 Longrow, Campbeltown, Argyll, UK
Website supplied to OSCR
https://argyllfm.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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