Charity Details

Harris Voluntary Service

SC000788Registered charity from 11 March 1981

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Charity Information:

Address Room 12
Old Primary School
West Tarbert
Isle Of Harris

Postcode HS3 3BG

Website No Link Provided

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

(i) To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Island of Harris (within Harris) and in particular the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, distress and sickness; the preservation and safeguarding of the physical and mental health of the community through physical recreation (including sports) and education in relation thereto; (ii) To promote and organise co-operation in and the achievement of the above purposes and to that end to bring together Representatives of the Statutory Authorities and voluntary organisations engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes or any of them within the Island of Harris (within Harris); (iii) The provision in the interests of social welfare and for the purposes of improving the conditions of life of the persons for whom the same are primarily intended of facilities for physical recreation (including sports) which shall be available to the public at large, including special facilities for persons who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances may have need of special facilities and; (iv) To do all other things as will properly attain the above purposes.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Harris Voluntary Service exists to represent & support the voluntary sector, to assist organisations in coming together for common purposes, and to enable local people to gain access to decision-making processes which affect their community.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 11 Mar 1981

Main Operating Location: Western Isles

Number of Staff: 3

Number of Volunteers: 0

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "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"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022	£158,700	£130,390	07 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£263,252	£250,211	14 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£104,150	£153,778	04 Nov 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£108,187	£109,501	16 Oct 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Lucy	Macdonald
Ian Murdo Macleod	Macdonald
Barbara Mary	Mackay
Tania	Macleod
David George	Phillips
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