01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022736
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- HS2 0JR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The trust has been formed for the encouragement of education in the Western Isles. The trustees will make an annual award for outstanding achievement by a young person from or living in the Western Isles. A second award will be made for 'Significant Contribution to Gaelic Development' in recognition of Donald Stewart's work on, and support of, the Gaelic language whilst serving as Member of Parliament for the Western Isles. The young person/people will be on fifth or sixth year at a secondary school in the Western Isles i.e. The Nicolson Institute, Sir E Scott, Sgoil Lionacleit or Castlebay Community School
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It does none of these
Constitutional objectives
With a view to encouraging education in the Western Isles, the purposes of the Trust are: (1) To collect and raise funds for the provision of annual award to pupils in the fifth and sixth form of the Secondary Schools in the Western Isles which for the avoidance of doubt shall include for the purposes of the Trust Lewis, Harris, the Uists and Barra. (2) Appoint a panel of judges for judging a literacy competition. (3) Make arrangements for an essay competition to be held annually with awards being made for the best essay chosen by the judges, one award being for the best essay written in English and one for the best essay written in Gaelic with the condition that the essays are to be on a Scottish theme. (4) Provide Trustees with the power to make a special award for outstanding achievement by a young person from or living in the Western Isles for which the Trustees shall be the sole judges for what constitutes outstanding achievement.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £25 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £250 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £141 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £102 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 1 November 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
- 1 Coll, Isle of Lewis, 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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