OSCR Scottish charity profile

Orkney Islands Council General Charitable Trust

Known as OICGCT

ActiveCharity number SC044607
Registered24 January 2014
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC044607
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KW15 1NY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The advancement of education, through grants, for the benefit of local people.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees shall hold and apply the sum of £1 paid by us to them, and such other funds and assets· as may from time to time be comprised in the Trust Property, in trust for the following purposes:- Charitable purposes for the public benefit of Orkney and its environs are- (a) the prevention or relief of poverty, (b) the advancement of education, (c) the advancement of the arts, heritage, cullture or science, (d) the advancement of public participation in sport, (e) the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, (f) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement, (g) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage,

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£4,216£17,022023 December 2025
31 March 2024£4,545£3,900010 October 2024
31 March 2023£3,336£11,876027 September 2023
31 March 2022£2,624£4,045019 December 2022
31 March 2021£2,776£4,100017 November 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
Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, 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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