01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC052464
- 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
- PA77 6UP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Solar is set up to support the Tiree Community especially those affected by poverty. Solar runs a community cupboard from an exBT phone box. This is stocked with supplies from the local Coop plus donations from Tiree residents.. It is designed for emergency and confidential use. Volunteers also visit clients (up to 18). As well as personal contact and a chat to combat loneliness clients are offered food and /or Coop food vouchers. Solar is also the agent for the Cruas Hardship Fund operated by Tiree Community Development Trust.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation's purposes are to carry on activities which benefit the community and in particular without limitation, the prevention or the relief of poverty for those living on the island of Tiree. This will be achieved by inter alia: (a) setting up a contact point to allow islanders self-identifying as experiencing poverty to contact our volunteers confidentially (b) providing signposting to other organisations that can help clients tackle the root causes of food, fuel and other forms of poverty (c) providing emergency vouchers for the shops on the island for our clients (d) supplying our clients with food from local retailers which would otherwise be designated for landfill (e) maintaining a supply of emergency food in a central community store on the island that can be accessed confidentially by clients (f) working alongside like-minded charities on Tiree who have similar aims and objectives
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £16,426 | £4,124 | 0 | 8 August 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £17,545 | £9,086 | 0 | 14 May 2025 |
| 31 October 2023 | £5,160 | £1,308 | 0 | 29 August 2024 |
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
- Failte, The Reef, Crossapol, Isle of Tiree
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.solartiree.com/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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