01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- 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
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £4,216 | £17,022 | 0 | 23 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £4,545 | £3,900 | 0 | 10 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £3,336 | £11,876 | 0 | 27 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,624 | £4,045 | 0 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,776 | £4,100 | 0 | 17 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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