OSCR Scottish charity profile

Shetland Folk Society

ActiveCharity number SC003667
Registered17 February 1986
Main locationShetland Islands
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC003667
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
ZE2 9HP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To preserve in permanent form and publish for the public benefit as much as possible of the musical, artistic, historical and traditional heritage of Shetland and to stimulate public interest in all aspects of the traditional Shetland way of life.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To preserve in permanent form and publish for the public benefit as much as possible of the musical, artistic, historical and traditional heritage of Shetland and to stimulate public interest in all aspects of the traditional Shetland way of life.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£5,842£0£0£0£0£0£5,127£0£0£0017 September 2026
31 October 2024£3,451£0£0£0£0£0£3,341£0£0£0019 August 2025
31 October 2023£3,075£0£0£0£0£0£3,673£0£0£0019 November 2024
31 October 2022£9,237£0£0£0£0£0£3,547£0£0£0029 August 2023
31 October 2021£3,874£0£0£0£0£0£2,850£0£0£0015 September 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
Hostaberg, Sandwick, Shetland
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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