01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030297
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KW15 1DU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The prevention or relief of poverty among the residents of Orkney through:- 1) the provision of good quality housing for rent at affordable rents under secure conditions of a tenancy. 2) the promotion of companies whose activities are directed towards the provision of paid employment to poverty stricken residents of Orkney, or towards the provision of rented housing for poverty stricken residents of Orkney, or towards the relief from need among poverty stricken residents of Orkney, the acquisition and holding of shares, stocks, debentures and other interests in companies whose activities are so directed and the provision of managerial, supervisory and consultancy services to, or in respect of, such companies. 3) the promotion and implementation of schemes of community benefit of a charitable nature with Orkney. 4) to carry on any other activity which may be advantageously carried on in connection with any of the objects of the company.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To relieve poverty principally among the poor residents of the Orkney Islands
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,912 | £1,189 | 0 | 14 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £4,019 | £6,053 | 0 | 12 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,012 | £732 | 0 | 3 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £4,013 | £880 | 0 | 2 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £4,014 | £2,457 | 0 | 12 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
- 4 Gunn's Close, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.oipdl.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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