# Highland Charities Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC044714
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** March 6, 2014
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC044714


## Contact

- **Address:** Corporate Finance, Corporate Resources, Highland Council, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness
- **Postcode:** IV3 5NX
- **Website:** www.highland.gov.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

**Purposes:** '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 provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

**What the charity does:** The purposes of the Trust are as follows:  a)	For the prevention or relief of poverty. b)	To provide relief, financial assistance or Welfare for those inhabitants of the Highland Council area who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disease, invalidity, disability, infirmity, financial hardship or other disadvantage. c)	Advancement of education. d)	Advancement of health. e)	Advancement of citizenship or community development.  f)	Advancement of art, heritage, culture or science. g)	The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. h)	To assist other charitable organisations with purposes similar to the Trust so as to further their charitable purposes within the Highland Council Area by the provision of financial and/or material assistance.

**Objectives:** (ONE) The purposes of the Trust ('the Trust Purposes') shall be as follows:- (a) For the prevention or relief of poverty (b) To provide relief, financial assistance or Welfare for those inhabitants of the Highland Council area who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disease, invalidity, disability, infirmity, financial hardship or other disadvantage. (c) Advancement of education (d) Advancement of health (e) Advancement of citizenship or community development (f) Advancement of art, heritage, culture or science (g) The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended (h) To assist other charitable organisations with purposes similar to the Trust so as to further their charitable purposes within the Highland Council Area by the provision of financial and/or material assistance





## Areas of operation

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £7690 | £6626 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £6138 | £4066 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £2319 | £6625 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £352 | £4475 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £1001 | £3752 |  -  | 0 |  |