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Wester Hailes Community Trust

SC046486Registered charity from 18 April 2016
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Charity Information:
Address WHALE Arts Centre
30 Westburn Grove
Edinburgh
Postcode EH14 2SA
Website www.westerhailesct.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4.1 To advance citizenship and community development and to provide relief of those in need by reason of disadvantage in the Wester Hailes area of the City of Edinburgh by;. 4.1.1. Facilitating local community events to encourage local residents to participate in, and inform, the activities of the Trust. 4.1.2. The development and direct delivery of projects that further the charitable purposes of the Trust. 4.1.3 Providing grants to organisations that support communities within Wester Hailes. 4.1.4 Providing grants to individuals that support activities that promote citizenship or community development in Wester Hailes.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Wester Hailes Community Trust is led by the community, for the community. We are a collaborative community body supporting local-led decision making and development in the South West Edinburgh neighbourhood Wester Hailes. The Trust is led by and accountable to its local membership which consists of members and Trustees that hold board meetings on a regular basis. Members share their ideas for Wester Hailes and vote on what ideas get put into action. Since its registration in 2022, the main aim of the Trust has been to deliver the 36 projects for community improvement proposed by the Wester Hailes Local Place Plan - Scotland's inaugural community led planning document.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 Apr 2016
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development"
Beneficiaries: "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 makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £0 £310 30 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £58,520 £49,087 28 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £13,200 £19,539 28 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £47,050 £32,914 30 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No No
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
Sylvia Bougsz
Milind Kolhatkar
Eunice Main
Neil Finlayson
Eoghan Howard
Fiona Glasgow
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