01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027025
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- ZE1 0NQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Shetland Charitable Trust is a charity set up to benefit the people of Shetland, especially in the areas of social care and welfare. arts, culture, sport and recreation. the environment, natural history and heritage. The Trust was set up to receive and disburse money paid by the oil industry to the local community as compensation for the new terminal operating in Shetland.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
'(SECOND) The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund at their sole discretion for any charitable purposes which in the opinion of the Trustees are solely in the interests of the area administered by the local or other governmental authority for the time being of the Shetland Islands or of the inhabitants of the said area (hereinafter referred to as 'the community') towards all or any of the following charitable purposes:- (a) the prevention or relief of poverty. (b) the advancement of education (c) the advancement of religion (d) the advancement of health (e) the advancement of citizenship or community development (f) the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science (g) the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, or the organisation of recreational facilities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended (h) the promotion of equality and diversity (i) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement (j) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £7,084,000 | £14,909,000 | 4 | 9 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £7,345,000 | £16,425,000 | 4 | 5 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £6,083,000 | £15,503,000 | 4 | 14 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £6,597,000 | £14,133,000 | 4 | 12 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £6,566,000 | £12,906,000 | 4 | 28 October 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
- 22-24 North Road, Lerwick, Shetland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.shetlandcharitabletrust.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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