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Durness Community Group, SC032179
Registered charity from 05 September 2001
There is important information in the notes section for this Charity
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This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressThe Village Hall
Smoo
Durness
Lairg
Sutherland
This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeIV27 4QA
Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.WebsiteNo Link Provided
Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard
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These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:
4. The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular the objects are: 4.1. To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Durness and its environs (being the Parish of Durness polling district C01H, as defined by the postcode units IV27 4QQ, IV27 4SL, IV27 4QG, IV27 4UL, IV27 4UJ, IV27 4UN, IV27 4QD, IV27 4QE, IV27 4QB, IV27 4PZ, IV27 4QH, IV27 4PP, IV27 4QA, IV27 4QF, IV27 4PU, IV27 4PY, IV27 4PR, IV27 4PN, IV27 4PW, IV27 4PX, IV27 4PT, IV27 4PS, IV27 4SN “the Community” hereinafter referred to as “the Operating Area”) with the following objects (“the Objects”): without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so that their conditions of life may be improved. 4.2. To relieve poverty among the residents of the Operating Area who are in necessitous circumstances. 4.3. To advance education and to promote training programmes and opportunities for the benefit of the residents of the Operating Area particularly among young people and the unemployed. 4.4 To protect and / or preserve the environment, in consultation with conservation bodies, for the benefit of the general public. 4.5 To promote the advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural regeneration) 4.6 To provide or assist in the provision of housing for people in necessitous circumstances within the Operating Area. 4.7 To promote, establish and operate other schemes for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area provided always that such schemes are charitable in law. 4.8 To manage community land and associated assets for the benefit of the Community and the public in general as an important part of the protection and sustainable development of Scotland’s natural environment, where ‘sustainable development’ means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 4.9 All the above clauses (4.1 to 4.8) will be carried out following the principles of sustainable development (where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising and ability of future generations to meet their own needs).
Details of the charity's operations
Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Active
When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 31 Mar 2024
Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 16 Dec 2020
Previous Constitutional Form 1: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form 1 Date: 05 Sep 2001
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: Highland
The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the advancement of education","the advancement of citizenship or community development","the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science","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"
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: it makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals, it makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations, it carries out activities or services itself, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 16 December 2020 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Durness Development Group Limited SC222915)
Annual Information Submission History
The end of the financial year for which accounts and information has been requested. Year End The gross income for the period. Income Expenditure Annual Return Received The date the return was validated by OSCR. Accounts Received The accounts available to view have had personal data such as signatures and addresses redacted (blacked out) to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. The charity’s accounts are the responsibility of the charity trustees and any queries regarding the content of the accounts should be directed to the charity in the first instance. OSCR accepts no liability for the accuracy of the charity’s accounts nor any decision based upon them. Latest Accounts
30 Sep 2019 £6,574 £4,526 30 Mar 2020 Yes
30 Sep 2020 £7,588 £6,042 22 Mar 2021 Yes
30 Sep 2021 £23,169 £7,939 14 Jun 2022 Yes
30 Sep 2022 £7,027 £1,445 26 Jun 2023 Yes 2023-06-26- Accounts - SC032179_Redacted
30 Sep 2023 No Annual Information due by 30 Jun 2024
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