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Alness Community Association Ltd

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC007744
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed May 27, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 11, 1990
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
102-106 High Street
Alness
Ross-Shire
IV17 0SG

Contact

Website
alness.com
Screenshot of the Alness Community Association Ltd website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

Alness Community Association is a community-led charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for people in Alness and the surrounding district. We provide facilities, services and activities that promote community wellbeing, reduce social isolation, preserve local heritage and encourage civic participation. We run and support a range of community resources including the Alness and District Times community newspaper, community transport services through our minibus and community truck, meeting and civic spaces for local groups and events, and the Alness Heritage Centre and museum. Through these services we help residents stay connected, access support, celebrate local history and culture, and take part in community life. Our work is delivered by volunteers, community representatives and local partnerships, ensuring that our activities respond directly to local needs and benefit people of all ages across the area.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Older People','People with disabilities or health problems','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies'

Objectives: To promote for the benefit of the community resident in Alness and District (hereinafter called the 'neighbourhood'), the advancement of education, the protection of good health, both mental and physical, and the relief of poverty, by a) associating voluntary organisations and residents of the neighbourhood in a common effort to achieve the above Objects. b) Co-operating with local statutory Authorities in the maintenance and management of the Averon Centre, Perrins Centre and Crawl Park, for activities in furtherance of the objects of the company, and by co-operating in a like manner with such other community centres and facilities as may be established in the neighbourhood with a view to furthering the objects of the company.

Geography

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

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
July 31, 2025 May 27, 202627 days late £119,878 £81,354 -
July 31, 2024 April 10, 2025On time £76,619 £81,604 -
July 31, 2023 Feb. 28, 2024On time £76,271 £73,041 -
July 31, 2022 June 15, 202346 days late £60,285 £80,942 -
July 31, 2021 Oct. 5, 2022158 days late £31,072 £77,377 -
July 31, 2020 April 30, 2021 £121,824 £89,502 1

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.