Charity Details

Voluntary Action Lochaber

SC020740Registered charity from 18 November 1992

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Charity Information:

Address An Drochaid
Claggan
Fort William
Inverness-Shire

Postcode PH33 6PH

Website www.valochaber.org

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

To relieve poverty among the residents of Lochaber. To advance education for the public benefit among the residents of Lochaber. To preserve, conserve, restore and improve the environment for the benefit of the general public and particularly for the benefit of the community within Lochaber. To relieve the needs of people suffering from mental/physical disability, illness or impairment. To provide in the interests of social welfare facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation, available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life. To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within Lochaber.

Operations:

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

Voluntary Action Lochaber maintain a Third Sector Hub in Fort William, offering affordable office space and networking opportunities for community based organisations along with providing a wide range of Volunteering and Third Sector Support Services. Voluntary Action Lochaber also represent the Third Sector by engaging with other partners, action groups, planning and stakeholder groups.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 18 Nov 1992

Main Operating Location: Highland

Number of Staff: 5

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "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", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"

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

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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	£187,694	£186,241	29 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£204,858	£210,124	30 Oct 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£235,777	£210,327	13 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£254,025	£257,660	29 Dec 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
Holli	Salmond
Mark	Taylor
Belinda	Wells
Ellie	Moore
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