01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC040530
- 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
- HS2 0DD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Outer Hebrides Fisheries Trust are involved in a wide variety of projects, including fisheries management, tagging projects, aquaculture, practical restoration, natural enhancement, and angling promotion. This work is to protect and enhance wild salmon populations with projects that will improve habitats, promote a sense of ownership, and thereby increase the health of wild salmon stocks. This in turn will generate the following benefits. more angling tourism resulting in boosts to the local economy and related employment, a healthy ecosystem. of which salmon are a key element of the food chain for animals such as otters, seals, heron, and birds of prey. Often whilst working on these projects, there is an emphasis on community engagement and volunteer involvement. Survey projects carried out and good communication with anglers provide the important information and knowledge needed to protect the species and potentially influence and implement conservation measures if needed.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Trust are: - 4.1.1 To conduct scientific research and monitoring of living creatures which live in, around or are dependent upon water habitats and such habitats themselves primarily, but not limited to, in the Outer Hebrides. 4.1.2 To advance and to assist in promoting the education of the public and any association, company, local authority, administrative or governmental agency or public body or representative body in: - (a) the understanding of aquatic ecosystems, economic or social activity and river catchment management. (b) the need for, and benefits of, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic environments. (c) catch and release and further good practice in angling and the promotion of associated activities. and 4.1.3 to carry out all activities related to the above objects as approved by the Trustees from time to time.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £144,971 | £126,112 | 3 | 31 March 2026 |
| 30 June 2024 | £117,074 | £132,673 | 3 | 5 June 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £122,679 | £108,796 | 3 | 16 February 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | £128,668 | £93,998 | 3 | 26 May 2023 |
| 30 June 2021 | £79,253 | £86,798 | 3 | 30 June 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 Sawmill, Marybank, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.outerhebridesfisheriestrust.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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