01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC028899
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- ZE1 0JP
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Family Mediation Shetland from 17-09-2014 to 16-01-2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our aim is to provide high quality mediation and counselling services to support individuals, families, and communities to reduce conflict, improve wellbeing, and build confidence in relationships.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 to promote the ideas of conciliation and mediation with the object of assisting persons concerned in matrimonial or other disputes of any kind whatever concerning children or related matters, whether or not involved in any Court proceedings, and the children of such persons so far as possible in the amicable resolution of such disputes, in the appreciation and understanding of the problems involved and the interests of such children in the adaption to and the coping with their changed situations and circumstances, and in any other way whatsoever. 4.2 to promote a comprehensive and co-ordinated community service in the Shetland area designed to meet the special needs of such persons and to provide conciliation and mediation with the objects specified at 4 .3 to promote and encourage co-operation with and amongst and support for courts, statutory and voluntary bodies and all organisations and individuals involved in any way with such disputes. 4.4 to work and campaign for the understanding and improvement of the rights and interests of such persons, and 4.5 to promote and encourage research into and study of matters connected in any way with these objects
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 March 2026 | £157,580 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £148,947 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 2 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £150,069 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £165,230 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 28 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £121,938 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £130,388 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 15 August 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £136,488 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £135,158 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 19 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £126,949 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £125,165 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 13 October 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
- Market House, 14 Market Street, Lerwick, Shetland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.shetland-communities.org.uk/subsites/fms
- Parent charity
- Relationships Scotland · SC038683
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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