OSCR Scottish charity profile

Kirkwall Amateur Operatic Society

ActiveCharity number SC026942
Registered13 August 1997
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC026942
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KW15 1PT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Production of light operas and musicals to the Orkney public, and provision of a club also available to the public

Charitable purposes

  • 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
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The object of the Society shall be the advancement of education in musical and dramatic arts by the production of light operas, concerts and other musical productions open to the general public and to support local charitable causes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£47,391£33,523018 January 2026
31 March 2024£37,830£34,184019 December 2024
31 March 2023£36,111£20,89307 December 2023
31 March 2022£1,546£931018 September 2022
31 March 2021£27,222£20,284020 December 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
Lambsholme, Bignold Park Road, Kirkwall, 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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