OSCR Scottish charity profile

Lybster Heritage Trust

ActiveCharity number SC027408
Registered14 December 1997
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
SC027408
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
KW3 6AH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and the nation at large, the Old Store Buildings at Lybster Harbour and to provide within these buildings, an interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster, provide workshop accommodation for boat building and crafts, a communal area for meetings and social events and such other activities as the Trustees may consider appropriate.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(One) To preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and its environs as well as the Nation at large, the heritable subjects with the fittings and fixtures therein and thereon known as the Old Store Buildings (formerly known as the Bothy and Fish Kiln) at Lybster Harbour, Lybster, aforesaid (hereinafter referred to as 'the Old Store Buildings') (Two) For the advancement of the education of the general public (without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions) and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation of the general public by the provision in the Old Store Buildings of:- (a) An interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster and the neighbouring fishing stations (b) Workshop accommodation for boat building, wood craft, and/or metal WJrk or such other craft activity as the Trustees consider appropriate within the objects of the Trust (c) A communal area for meetings and social events (d) Such other activities in the Old Store Buildings as the Trustees consider appropriate all within the objects of the Trust (Three) To preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and its environs as well as the Nation at large such other heritable property and fittings and fixtures of architectural merit or historical importance forming part of the National Heritage in the Parish of Latheron, Caithness and in particular in the village of Lybster, aforesaid as the Trustees consider appropriate within the objects of the Trust (Four) Any other objects recognised by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue as charitable which the Trustees consider are similar or related to the foregoing objects

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£45,142£54,439230 September 2025
31 December 2023£17,117£42,431226 September 2024
31 December 2022£111£13,477227 September 2023
31 December 2021£0£10,086222 September 2022
31 December 2020£10,103£13,900228 September 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
Waterlines Visitor Centre, Lybster Harbour, Lybster, Caithness
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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