OSCR Scottish charity profile

Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau

ActiveCharity number SC019785
Registered17 January 1992
Main locationShetland Islands
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC019785
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
12
Postcode
ZE1 0JP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The company's objectives are to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Shetland, by the advancement of education, the protection of health, and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The companys objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Shetland, by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£698,717£594,5481221 August 2026
31 March 2025£600,935£617,009122 September 2025
31 March 2024£564,056£571,9201218 October 2024
31 March 2023£666,850£539,8061212 December 2023
31 March 2022£517,185£438,360128 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
Market House, 14 Market Street, Lerwick, Shetland
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.shetlandcab.org.uk/
Parent charity
Citizens Advice Scotland · SC016637

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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