01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC001111
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- ZE1 0JP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Ability Shetland provides direct support to children and adults with disabilities and additional support needs, and their families. Responding to identified needs, we run groups and clubs and create personal programmes for individuals through our outreach support. We help people to improve their physical abilities and enhance their personal, social and relationship skills. We aim to ensure that they have equal opportunities and avoid the loneliness and social exclusion, which often results from disability. To achieve these aims, we tackle the challenge of reaching people in all communities, many of whom are in remote, rural and island areas of Shetland.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company's objects are: (a) Carry out its activities in a way that ensures that people with disabilities and additional support needs are treated as full and equal members of their communities. (b) Devise group and individual programmes which meet the identified need of clients, by creating appropriate services and strategies and removing any obstruction to that process. (c) Continually assess the need for expanding and improving our service. (d) Ensure that people in Shetland communities have full knowledge and understanding of disabilities, but also recognise the potential of disabled children and adults. (e) Work in close co-operation with statutory and voluntary organisations to create integrated approaches and strategies for the benefit of shared clients.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £425,592 | £389,672 | 5 | 29 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £359,362 | £360,454 | 5 | 4 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £322,818 | £394,786 | 5 | 20 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £282,749 | £326,920 | 5 | 5 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £285,286 | £200,905 | 5 | 8 December 2021 |
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
- Market House, 14 Market Street, Lerwick, Shetland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.abilityshetland.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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