OSCR Scottish charity profile

Tolsta Cemetery Trust

ActiveCharity number SC000734
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC000734
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
HS2 0NG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide Burial lairs for Village of North ,New and Glen Tolsta and maintain Cemetery grounds.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Trust shall be in respect of the advancement of health, the advancement of arts heritage, culture and science and the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage for the beneficial interest of the community by the acquisition of such land or lands as may be necessary in which persons may be interred. the acquisition of such land or lands as may be necessary for access to such burial places. the acquisition of such land or lands as may be necessary for the parking of vehicles which pertain to such burials and all and the whole for such burials within the community of Tolsta in the Parish of Stornoway in the Western Isles and such other item or items which within the broad spectrum relates to the burial of persons from and pertaining to the foregoing community.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 January 2026£4,783£0£0£0£0£0£5,570£0£0£004 July 2026
31 January 2025£5,277£0£0£0£0£0£6,733£0£0£0012 May 2025
31 January 2024£7,760£0£0£0£0£0£9,269£0£0£003 May 2024
31 January 2023£6,340£0£0£0£0£0£5,415£0£0£007 May 2023
31 January 2022£6,750£0£0£0£0£0£4,869£0£0£0019 April 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Windyridge, Hill Street, North Tolsta, Isle Of Lewis
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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