Charity Details

Western Isles Development Trust

SC044637Registered charity from 11 February 2014

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By WIDT

Address Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Sandwick Road
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis

Postcode HS1 2BW

Website http://www.widt.co.uk/

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

The objects for which the Company is established are wholly charitable and, in particular, the Company's objects are:- 1. the advancement of citizenship and community development including, without limitation, urban or rural regeneration, maintenance and improvement of the physical and social infrastructure within the environs of the Western Isles (the "Western Isles Community"), including supporting the aspirations of local communities and the provision, maintenance and improvement of recreational facilities; 2. the prevention or relief of poverty in the Western Isles Community, including, without limitation, the provision of support and grants to organisations and individuals working to prevent or relieve poverty including through energy efficient schemes. 3. the advancement of environmental protection or improvement, including, without limitation, supporting a forward-looking environmental enhancement approach and the provision, maintenance and improvement of environmental facilities; 4. the advancement of education including, without limitation, the provision, maintenance and improvement of educational facilities and raising awareness in relation to energy and energy-related issues that are driving global, national and local change; 5. the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science including, without limitation, the provision, maintenance and improvement of recreational and cultural facilities and raising awareness of the Gaelic language;

Operations:

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

The purpose of the Trust is to support the regeneration and development of the Outer Hebrides through disbursement of community benefit secured from the local deployment of renewable energy installations. This community benefit will come from a range of technologies, predominately onshore wind, offshore wind, wave and tidal. Over time and as grid connectivity allows, the Trust will expand its activities to support community ownership of large scale renewable energy infrastructure with the objective of addressing fuel poverty through access to locally generated "green" electricity.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 11 Feb 2014

Main Operating Location: Western Isles

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Charity Trustees: 18

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

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 animal welfare"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

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 Aug 2021	£50,410	£100,294	26 May 2022	Yes
31 Aug 2022	£44,288	£187,515	30 May 2023	Yes
31 Aug 2023	£49,805	£88,868	09 Aug 2024	Yes
31 Aug 2024	£72,185	£103,639	29 Aug 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Aug 2025			No	Annual Information due by 31 May 2026	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:

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