OSCR Scottish charity profile

Carloway Agricultural Society

ActiveCharity number SC007660
Registered13 September 1976
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC007660
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
HS2 9AW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Carloway Agricultural Society seeks to promote an interest in various aspects of croft work by running the Carloway Show on the first Wednesday of August each year. The Show was established in 1911 and has run without a break, apart from the years of the Covid pandemic, since 1954. It gives an opportunity for people to exhibit their livestock and croft produce of all kinds, and provides a variety of entertaining events including Highland Games and piping.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion
  • the saving of lives

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The object of the Society shall be the promotion of agriculture and things pertaining thereto in the Carloway District of Lewis.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£17,454£14,230028 July 2026
31 October 2024£12,741£14,673031 July 2025
31 October 2023£9,026£6,696022 June 2024
31 October 2022£11,500£0026 July 2023
31 October 2021£0£540020 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
An Acarsaid, 2 Knock, Carloway, Isle of Lewis
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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