Charity Details

Western Isles Rape Crisis Centre

SC037062Registered charity from 20 December 2005

2MB ZIP file, with green, blue and mono style logos

Download the charity’s registration logos

2MB ZIP file, with green, blue and mono style logos

Charity Information:

Address P O Box 9946
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis

Postcode HS19AN

Website www.wircc.co.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

To promote the welfare and relieve the distress of women and girls who have experienced rape and/or any form of sexual abuse or exploitation at any time in their lives. In furtherance thereof, but not otherwise, WIRCC shall seek: (a) To provide a free and confidential service for such women and girls; (b) To offer practical support and information, and ongoing emotional support; (c) To train women as support workers; (d) To promote education and research on the subject of rape/sexual violence, and its effects on women and girls whether physical, psychological, legal or medical. (e) To train women as support workers able to meet the needs of women and girls who have been raped/experienced other forms of sexual violence, by provision of medical, legal and emotional counselling. (f) To publish educative and informative material on rape/sexual violence, including incest/childhood sexual abuse. (g) To set up a coordinated group of contacts to further the aims of the WIRCC, and to obtain help and support where needed through close contact with local government, health services and voluntary organisations.

Operations:

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

Western Isles Rape Crisis (WIRCC) is a local charity working with women and girls affected by sexual violence in the Western Isles. We offer a range of services including specialist support, advocacy, groupwork and sexual violence prevention work. We are part of the Rape Crisis Scotland Network and adhere to Rape Crisis Scotland National Service Standards. Our vision is for our community to be a place where all forms of sexual violence and abuse do not exist. We work to create opportunities to empower survivors to overcome sexual violence, abuse and oppression and work to challenge negative societal attitudes. We work in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations to enhance service provision, learn from our shared knowledge and work in collaboration to educate and inform our communities

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 19 Oct 2006

Main Operating Location: Western Isles

Number of Staff: 3

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of health", "the saving of lives", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the promotion of equality and diversity", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"

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 2021	£189,219	£143,165	23 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£207,181	£167,090	22 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£234,527	£205,003	22 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£255,789	£266,384	23 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£227,923	£213,126	18 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
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
No charity trustee information available
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises. If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.

First Name

Last Name

No charity trustee information available

From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.

From 30 June 2025, OSCR began collecting charity trustee information through OSCR Online. Providing this information is a legal requirement for all charities. The names of trustees will be published on the Scottish Charity Register from early 2026 to promote transparency and strengthen public trust in the sector.

The Scottish Charity Register ("The Register") is subject to Crown database right.

The Scottish Charity Register is licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

When you use this information under the OGL, you should include the following attribution: © Crown Copyright and database right 2020. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Charity accounts and constitution – what information do we publish?

The Scottish Charity Register contains key information about a charity’s operations and finances. This includes:

the names of a charity’s trustees (exemptions apply)
its annual report and full accounts, if submitted after 9 March 2026
(Accounts submitted prior to 9 March 2026 will be redacted, or may not be published, depending on the charity’s income level or legal form.)

These changes are designed to improve transparency across the charity sector in Scotland.

Please note that we accept no responsibility for the functionality, accuracy, or content of external websites. If you experience a technical issue with an external link, you should contact the charity directly.

Under section 23(1)(a) and (b) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, you have the right to request the following information directly from the charity:

a copy of the charity’s latest statement of accounts
a copy of the charity’s constitution

Back to Previous Page

Charity Number Copied to the Clipboard

Scottish Charity Register