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West Highland Community Rail Partnership

SC049800Registered charity from 04 December 2019
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Charity Information:
Address Glenfinnan Station
Fort William
Postcode PH37 4LT
Website www.westhighlandcrp.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4.1 The organisation’s purposes relate to that section of the West Highland Line which extends from Crianlarich to Mallaig (‘the Line”). The organisation will, in such manner as the charity trustees consider appropriate, promote, advance and further its charitable purposes by: Supporting the communities connected to or nearby the Line and stations, and their social and natural environment, opportunities, educational attainment and culture and heritage through community involvement, education and information and working with local and wider stakeholders to boost and build on existing community engagement and cohesion and civic pride to work to create improved, safer, more sustainable communities by access to and harnessing the benefits derived from a railway network engaged with local communities and people including benefitting those coming from outside these communities. 4.2 For the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 ('the 2005 Act') the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act: 4.2.1 the advancement of education; 4.2.2 the advancement of citizenship or community development; 4.2.3 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science; and 4.2.4 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 4.3 For the purposes of the Taxes Acts the provisions set out in clauses 4.1 and 4.2 shall be read together to ensure that the charitable purposes of the organisation are compliant with the Taxes Acts.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Community Rail is a grassroots movement, comprising partnerships and groups working at regional and local level to connect communities with their railways. The Westie is the CRP for the West Highland railway line from Crianlarich to Mallaig Although our involvement with the railway is diverse, one thing unites the group that makes up the Westie, and that’s our passion to make the West Highland Line work for our community. Born of a steering group of individuals resident from Mallaig to Crianlarich, our group found its feet and became one of the first constituted & recognised CRP’s in Scotland. Now our board consists of representatives from the communities around stations along our line, and is in regular communication with all major stakeholders in our railways success.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 04 Dec 2019
Main Operating Location: Highland
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "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"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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 £9,625 £1,708 30 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £21,553 £18,519 07 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £7,708 £13,532 18 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £4,562 £4,219 10 Dec 2025 Yes Download
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
John Gilchrist
Benny MacDonald
Hege Hernæs
Hamish Baillie
Ian, Cyril Langley
Jason Sylvestre
Theresa Elliot
Dawn Skelton
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