OSCR Scottish charity profile

Germatwatt Centre Trust

Known as Germatwatt Centre Trustees

ActiveCharity number SC004065
Registered7 June 1984
Main locationShetland Islands
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
SC004065
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
ZE2 9QX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We provide facilities that allow social, recreational and leisure activities to take place in a safe environment.

Charitable purposes

  • 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 advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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 advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the promotion of equality and diversity
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It does none of these

Constitutional objectives

1. The provision, or assistance in the provision, of facilities in the interest of welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the condition of life for the inhabitants of Walls and Sandness, Shetland and in particular the establishment, maintenance and management of a Recreational Centre at Germatwatt, Walls, Shetland for activities in furtherance of the foregoing object. and 2. Such other purpose or purposes charitable in law as the Trustees shall from time to time determine.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£3,280£5,15502 December 2025
31 March 2024£3,173£3,267029 November 2024
31 March 2023£3,769£4,97101 December 2023
31 March 2022£3,020£3,04407 December 2022
31 March 2021£11,900£1,76309 October 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
9 Kirkidale, Walls, 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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