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New Start Highland

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC029635
Status
Active
Registered
Nov. 6, 1999
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
9 Carsegate Road North
Inverness
IV3 8DU

Contact

Website
newstarthighland.org
Website screenshot

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','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'

Founded in 2000, New Start Highland is a charity and social enterprise that creates positive change for people exiting homelessness or trying to move forward from a place of crisis. We offer housing support, employability training, cooking classes, energy advice, a community food hub, bike refurbishment, and a wide range of volunteering opportunities. We receive grants from charitable foundations and government. we deliver key services under framework agreements with local government. Our trading subsidiary operates retail stores across Highland and runs a removal, house clearance and storage service as well as order fulfilment for NHS Highland.

Objectives: The company's objects are:- 1. (a) To relieve poverty of the inhabitants in the Highlands of Scotland, in particular those who have need by virtue of their youth, age, infirmity, disability, handicap, poverty, homelessness or unemployment by the provision of information and support to persons who require assistance in establishing a tenancy (b) to advance the education of the community in relation to the housing needs of such people and related subjects (c) to relieve the suffering and distress of homeless people, formerly homeless, in conditions of need, hardship or distress by undertaking other charitable activities to offer practical and therapeutic support to the aforesaid persons. (d) to preserve and protect the environment for the public benefit by educating the public in the benefits to the environment of sustainable waste management practices and thereby reduce the amount of material going to landfill by recycling and refurbishing goods that could be re-used (in this clause sustainable waste management practices includes waste minimisation, minimisation of pollution and harm from waste, re-use of waste and waste recovery activities). (e) to advance the education of such individuals (as 3.1.(a)) through the provision of training and employment opportunites in order to relieve unemployment, primarily but not exclusively, with the recycling and housing sectors.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Highland
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £2,216,234 £2,356,194 79
March 31, 2024 £2,117,794 £2,159,257 80
March 31, 2023 £2,179,026 £2,032,615 79
March 31, 2022 £1,932,424 £1,897,939 75
March 31, 2021 £1,840,910 £1,619,078 51