01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC038630
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- AB10 1XE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity's main purpose is to provide fishermen with data concerning oil/gas infrastructure to minimise risks arising from interaction with these items. This initiative dates back to 1977 when a fishing vessel, the Westhaven sank after her fishing gear was snagged on an oil pipeline. Four men were lost. The charity obtains infrastructure data from a number of sources and processes this for use on fishing vessels. It also supplies FishSAFE units for fishing vessels, incorporating visual and audible alarms warning fishermen when they are in the proximity of oil/gas assets.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 The objects for which the Company is established are as follows:- 4.1.1 the primary object of the Company is to promote and enhance safety by taking steps to reduce the risk of loss of life, and/or injury of, or damage to, person or property by reason of Legacy Issues, principally by supporting and promoting, in whatever manner, both existing and future mechanisms to identify and monitor Legacy Issues, existing and potential, and seabed installations on the U.K. Continental Shelf, including the collection of data and the communication of the same to mariners on or under water. and 4.1.2 in so far as there remains any surpluses not required for the primary object, as may be determined by the Board from time to time, the following secondary objects may be pursued by the Company:- 4.1.2.1 to advance education, science and environmental protection or improvement by funding or otherwise supporting or assisting studies, works, projects or schemes or by the exploitation of new technology or other initiatives in relation to the understanding and/or minimisation of Legacy Issues and/or the improvement, extension of life or preservation of the Relevant UK Fishery. and 4.1.2.2 to support and encourage fishing industry safety initiatives generally.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | 1 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £195,724 | £480,479 | 1 | 30 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,552,538 | £428,334 | 1 | 13 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £390,606 | £437,158 | 1 | 26 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,369,236 | £373,902 | 1 | 14 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
- 24 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.ukfltc.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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