OSCR Scottish charity profile

West Sutherland Fisheries Trust

Known as West Sutherland Fishery Trust

ActiveCharity number SC024426
Registered31 January 1996
Main locationHighland
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC024426
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
IV27 4SX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide data and advice to conserve fish in the area

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(One) promoting and undertaking research into and study of the monitoring, management, preservation and enhancement of the fisheries resources in the North West of Scotland and in particular within the area of the Boards and that for the benefit of all persons interested in fisheries resources. (Two) advancing the education of all persons interested in fisheries resources by raising their awareness and understanding of the importance of fisheries resources and their conservation. and (Three) such other purposes as are recognised by law to be exclusively charitable within the meaning of section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or any Act amending or replacing the same, and which relate to fisheries conservation fishery management, water, water quality and environmental conservation, as the Trustees may from time to time in their sole discretion select and that without prejudice to the foregoing generality and without in any way fettering their said discretion.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£109,890£124,103212 December 2025
31 March 2024£116,503£116,763229 November 2024
31 March 2023£119,010£91,101214 November 2023
31 March 2022£105,600£77,098221 November 2022
31 March 2021£56,340£84,382230 November 2021

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
Gardeners Cottage, Scourie, By Lairg, Sutherland
Website supplied to OSCR
www.wsft.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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