OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends of Portnahaven Church

Known as FoPC

ActiveCharity number SC052700
Registered20 July 2023
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052700
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
PA47 7SG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

'The organisation's objective is to provide recreational facilities to improve the life and conditions for whom the facilities are intended by: 1. Developing and maintaining Portnahaven Church as a hub for the community. 2. Creating opportunities for all members of the community to undertake creative, physical, recreational and wellbeing activities of their choice. 3. Advancing the resilience and positive health and wellbeing in the community by providing a wide range of activities that encourages people to come together regularly to reduce isolation and loneliness.'

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

The organisation's purposes are the advancement of citizenship and community development and. 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 by: 4.1 Developing and maintaining Portnahaven Church as a hub for the community. 4.2 The progression of opportunities for all members of the community to undertake creative, physical, recreational and wellbeing activities of their choice. 4.3 The advancement of resilience and positive health and wellbeing in the community by providing a wide range of activity that encourages people to come together regularly to reduce social isolation and loneliness.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
4 April 2026£0£00Not supplied
4 April 2025£18,852£26,280013 January 2026
4 April 2024£41,018£39103 January 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
Brookfield House, Portnahaven , Isle of Islay, Argyll
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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