OSCR Scottish charity profile

Sanday Community Association

ActiveCharity number SC020664
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC020664
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
KW17 2BN
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 07 June 2017 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC020664 Sanday Community Association, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 01 January 1992.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We manage community spaces in the school, including the pool (shared with the community), gym, and classrooms after hours. We handle bookings and finances. These facilities host diverse groups: sewing, bowling, bridge, badminton, fitness classes, and dances. Rooms are also available for private events like weddings. We also host winter card evenings and year-round bingo. We maintain the school playpark and outdoor gym, fundraising as needed. We promote local events and encourage new groups to use our facilities. We organise concerts, community events, including the 3-yearly North Isles Sports which showcases Sanday as a vibrant community. We hire out equipment (bouncy castle, pool/table tennis, projector, PA). We employ caretakers and a pool trainer. Lifeguards and keyholders are volunteers. All in all we represent a hard working hands-on community wide effort.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1 To promote the well-being of the community resident in the island of Sanday without distinction of political, religious, race, sex or other opinions, by bringing together the local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and cultural, social and other leisure and recreational activities among its members, and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of these so that their conditions of life may be improved. In furtherance of the above, the organisation will:- 4.1.1 Maintain, manage and develop the Community Centre for activities promoted by the Association and its constituent members and any other premises associated therewith in every respect as may seem appropriate.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£57,259£42,090315 May 2026
30 September 2024£18,010£25,022329 April 2025
30 September 2023£17,388£20,97339 June 2024
30 September 2022£27,064£21,70934 July 2023
30 September 2021£35,128£9,348324 June 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
Heilsa Fjold, Sanday, Orkney, Orkney Islands
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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