01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030581
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- HS8 5JL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Coman Each nan Eilean was formed in 1972 on the island of Eriskay to save Each nan Eilean (Eriskay Pony) from extinction, to conserve the breed and to procure, by controlled breeding, good specimens of ponies in the future. To set up, maintain and operate a Register of Horses. To promote study into the history, origin, and characteristic of Each nan Eilean and to encourage the use of the ponies for work and recreation especially in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, particularly in their natural habitat on the Isle of Eriskay and neighbouring islands. The society aim to provide support for the breeders and to establish and maintain a commercial future for the breed publicising Each nan Eilean progressively throughout the world. To encourage breeding with the pure mares and improve the holding facility, particularly for the stallions on permanent basis
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of animal welfare
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) To maintain unimpaired the purity of the distinctive breed of pony which survived on the island of Eriskay and is known as the Eriskay Pony (2) To promote education, particularly for residents of the Western Isles of Scotland ('the Operating Area'), with regard to the Eriskay Pony and its place in the history, and natural history, of thc Opcrating Arca (3) To promote and preserve the pony-related traditional craft sMs of the crofting communities, including peat carrying, ploughing and harrowing, and in the associated skills of riding, driving, harness making, carriage making and farriery (4) '1'0 provide within the Operating Area in the interests of social welfare facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life, and with particular reference to the needs of people suffering from mental or physical disability, illness or impairment (5) To promote, operate and/or support other charitable projects and initiatives for the benefit of the community, and particularly those living within the Operating Area.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £3,126 | £1,934 | 0 | 31 March 2026 |
| 30 June 2024 | £1,396 | £1,670 | 0 | 15 March 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £4,359 | £6,214 | 0 | 20 December 2023 |
| 30 June 2022 | £10,858 | £4,747 | 0 | 3 March 2023 |
| 30 June 2021 | £4,832 | £3,436 | 0 | 13 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
- Scrien View, Isle of Eriskay, Outer Hebrides
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.eriskaypony.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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