01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022229
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KW16 3LB
OSCR note: Previous name - Italian Chapel Preservation Committee SCIO from 01/01/1992 to 11/10/2023. The SCIO was incorporated on the 01 September 2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Italian Chapel Preservation Committee SCO22229 which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity from 01 Jan 1992.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We help to preserve and maintain the Italian Chapel building. assist the landowner to ensure the chapel is maintained and available for people to visit and worship in it. promote education about the history of the chapel. sustain links with the communities in Italy where the POWs came from.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 To preserve the fabric of the Italian Chapel on the island of Lambholm, Orkney as far as this can be done and to support such repairs to the building as are deemed necessary, and in the public interest. 4.2 To support the provision of the said Chapel, which has been canonically consecrated for Catholic worship, may be available by reasonable prior appointment, for services, weddings, baptisms, etc. 4.3 To support the provision of said Chapel’s availability to other denominations to a reasonable and generous extent. and 4.4 To provide for the advancement of heritage, culture or the Catholic faith, and without prejudice to the foregoing generality, to provide grants, funding or scholarships in the furtherance of cultural and religious links with Italy and the town of Moena, with particular reference to wartime Italy.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £31,024 | £15,088 | 0 | 25 January 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | £40,761 | £17,910 | 0 | 6 August 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £46,426 | £21,038 | 0 | 8 August 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £41,193 | £22,634 | 0 | 5 March 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £28,703 | £10,325 | 0 | 18 August 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
- Farahowe, Stenness, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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