OSCR Scottish charity profile

Orkney Hyperbaric Trust

Known as OHT

ActiveCharity number SC035045
Registered10 December 2003
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC035045
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KW16 3AW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The trust's objects are: 1) the provision of a hyperbaric facility and associated medical care to divers within Orkney. 2) the training and maintenance of a team to maintain, operate and staff the hyperbaric chamber. 3) increase diver safety by appropriate educational initiatives. and 4) carry out research associated with diving accidents in the recreational diving community with the aim of reducing the numbers of accidents and achieving better management of those which do occur.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To carry on a medical facility for the preservation of Human Life, reduction of stress, discomfort and pain, the education of the public in relation to diving safety and the prevention of diving accidents through research innovation and training

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£330,536£342,666014 July 2026
31 December 2024£359,735£281,24205 March 2025
31 December 2023£313,302£261,02103 July 2024
31 December 2022£287,269£245,091017 April 2023
31 December 2021£279,067£303,05609 September 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
The Old Academy, Back Road, Stromness, Orkney
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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