01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC005075
- 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
- IV20 1UX
OSCR note: Previous Charity names Period Nigg Friendship Fund from 02/12/1981 to 28/11/2017
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Promote a friendly community spirit among the older residents in the Parish of Nigg and Shandwick
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The objects shall be- 1 To promote a friendly community spirit among the older residents of the said Parish over the age of 65 (sixty-five years), any resident of that age is eligible should they so wish. 2 To organise outings, social events and other communal activities. 3 To encourage members to feel that they are a valued part of the Community. 4 If there should be spare income after having fulfilled the foregoing obligation to help any member of the community irrespective of age in special need as the Committee may think appropriate. 4 In administering the Fund the Trustees shall endeavour to expend the whole of the income rather than to reinvest it, unless in exceptional circumstances. It shall be borne in mind by the Trustees that the object is to make older people feel wanted and needed and part of the community, and funds shall be expended rather towards communal activities than in a cash payment indiscriminately to older people.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £3,437 | £5,246 | 0 | 16 August 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £2,950 | £3,954 | 0 | 29 July 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £2,398 | £1,690 | 0 | 19 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £2,149 | £2,498 | 0 | 25 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,771 | £1,330 | 0 | 6 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
- 3 New Street, Shandwick, Ross Shire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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