OSCR Scottish charity profile

Shetland Fiddlers Society

ActiveCharity number SC007254
Registered7 April 1982
Main locationShetland Islands
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC007254
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
ZE1 0EB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Preservation and sharing of Traditional Shetland Fiddle tunes and playing style, through weekly practices where new tunes are introduced to add to the already substantial repertoire. Additionally, organising and hosting public events that showcase the Shetland Fiddle Music traditions as well as performing to varying audiences at several concerts annually and participating in the newly established Shetland Fiddle Week.

Charitable purposes

  • 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

(a) To assist in the preservation, stimulation and presentation for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the public of the art of traditional Shetland fiddle playing (b) To give concerts, recitals and other public appearances of Shetland fiddle music for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the public (c) To make recordings or broadcasts of Shetland fiddle music for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the public (d) To educate musicians in the art of traditional Shetland fiddle playing (e) To provide opportunitites for enjoyment and social intercourse among members and others (f) To collect, preserve and publish manuscripts and recordings of Shetland fiddle music for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the public and for these purposes to establish, maintain and develop a library or other premises for the storage, display and lending to the public of such manuscripts and recordings (g) To co-operate with the Local Authority, voluntary organisations and inhabitants of Shetland in the furtherance of the above objects or any of them.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£6,805£4,789013 December 2025
31 March 2024£5,277£2,703024 August 2024
31 March 2023£3,874£4,782016 August 2023
31 March 2022£1,600£1,554024 June 2022
31 March 2021£280£20206 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
14a Hangcliff Lane, Lerwick, 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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