01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042503
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- HS2 9QA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity has built and manages a local heritage content management system providing historical genealogical resources to local historical societies and an international diaspora of people who have descended from people born in the Western Isles of Scotland.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
to promote the advancement of education, arts, heritage and culture, and by the advancement of citizenship or community development, and any associated charitable purposes relative to the above, for the benefit of the community in the Hebrides and other areas with historical connections to the Hebrides that meet with the foregoing objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | £355 | £2,401 | 0 | 27 February 2026 |
| 31 May 2024 | £4,420 | £7,043 | 0 | 30 April 2025 |
| 31 May 2023 | £3,725 | £5,475 | 0 | 27 February 2024 |
| 31 May 2022 | £15,000 | £5,251 | 0 | 8 May 2023 |
| 31 May 2021 | £0 | £5,197 | 0 | 26 April 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
- Ravenspoint, Kershader, Isle of Lewis
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.hebrideanconnections.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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