01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020818
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- ZE2 9EL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To collect and exhibit Bressay History in our Heritage Centre. To provide research facilities from our archives. To provide family history to those with a connection to Bressay. We are open to all three days a week and by appointment.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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
In furtherance of these aims and objects: (a) to preserve, exhibit and publish for the benefit, enjoyment and education of the public, items of Bressay folklore,· tradition, place names, dialect, manuscripts, publications, pictorial and photographic records. (b) to co-operate with other bodies whose aims and objects are similar to that of the Trust: c) carry out such other purpose or purposes charitable in law as sha].l be thougl1t appropriate at any time and from time to time and to do all things as will pro per 1 y at t a i nth e abo v e p u rp 0 s e s • The purposes and objects set out in this clause are hereinafter c.alled 'the purposes of the Trust'.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £12,497 | £9,860 | 1 | 10 June 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | £7,564 | £10,815 | 1 | 8 June 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £5,939 | £7,525 | 1 | 21 July 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £4,433 | £7,779 | 1 | 7 May 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £4,498 | £3,777 | 1 | 24 April 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
- Birka, Bressay, Shetland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.bressay-history-group.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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