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Harris Voluntary Service

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC000788
Status
Active
Registered
March 11, 1981
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
Room 12
Old Primary School
West Tarbert
Isle Of Harris
HS3 3BG

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','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','the advancement of animal welfare'

Harris Voluntary Service exists to represent & support the voluntary sector, to assist organisations in coming together for common purposes, and to enable local people to gain access to decision-making processes which affect their community.

Objectives: (i) To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Island of Harris (within Harris) and in particular the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. the preservation and safeguarding of the physical and mental health of the community through physical recreation (including sports) and education in relation thereto. (ii) To promote and organise co-operation in and the achievement of the above purposes and to that end to bring together Representatives of the Statutory Authorities and voluntary organisations engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes or any of them within the Island of Harris (within Harris). (iii) The provision in the interests of social welfare and for the purposes of improving the conditions of life of the persons for whom the same are primarily intended of facilities for physical recreation (including sports) which shall be available to the public at large, including special facilities for persons who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances may have need of special facilities and. (iv) To do all other things as will properly attain the above purposes.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Western Isles
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £108,187 £109,501 3
March 31, 2024 £104,150 £153,778 3
March 31, 2023 £263,252 £250,211 2
March 31, 2022 £158,700 £130,390 3
March 31, 2021 £143,447 £107,413 3