OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends of Kalisgarth

ActiveCharity number SC042739
Registered17 November 2011
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC042739
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KW17 2DG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Friends of Kalisgarth exists to provide support in Westray mainly for the benefit of those who live at Kalisgarth Care Centre because they are in need of extra support due to disability and/or advancing age or frailty. One of the main objects of the Friends of Kalisgarth group is to fund activities and purchase goods and services not normally provided by Orkney Islands Council. These ‘extras’ or ‘additional’ purchases are solely for the benefit of the service users to enhance their quality of life. The group also promote understanding of the function of Kalisgarth and the services it provides and the values of dignity and being socially included.

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health or disability in the community of Westray and in particular in Kalisgarth Care Centre by:- (a) promoting an understanding in the community of the function of Kalisgarth Care Centre and the values of social inclusion and dignity. (b) promoting the social ambience of Kalisgarth Care Centre and the needs of the service users and the contribution they can make to the wider community. (c) promoting and running additional activities, goods and services not provided for by statutory bodies, solely for the benefit of service users to further enhance their quality of life. (d) co-ordinating fund raising and allocating expenditure to further the objects of the Group.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£3,088£3,188022 December 2025
31 March 2024£6,390£22,906020 December 2024
31 March 2023£1,849£2,370018 December 2023
31 March 2022£5,449£2,054031 December 2022
31 March 2021£5,140£8,422010 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
Kalisgarth Care Centre, Pierowall, Westray, 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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