OSCR Scottish charity profile

Orkney Wireless Museum

ActiveCharity number SC002982
Registered10 August 2005
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC002982
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KW15 1LB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Curate a collection of vintage and historic wireless equipment with a particular connection to Orkney and operate a small museum in which some of the collection is displayed. The museum is open for six months every year and entry is by donation.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To advance and promote the education of the general public, and in particular the inhabitants of Orkney, without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating voluntary organisations, local authorities and other bodies of whatever status together with the inhabitants in a common effort to preserve a Museum, called Orkney Wireless Museum.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£15,244£4,44107 May 2026
31 December 2024£15,703£9,084022 April 2025
31 December 2023£15,797£20,936010 March 2024
31 December 2022£7,914£6,569023 March 2023
31 December 2021£14,110£6,237029 March 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
Kiln Corner, Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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