OSCR Scottish charity profile

Orkney Charitable Trust

Known as OCT

ActiveCharity number SC044924
Registered12 June 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
SC044924
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
KW15 1SX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We fundraise and donate grants to young people in need, who live within Orkney.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

1. a. the prevention or relief of poverty of any individual under the age of 25 who has their main residence within the Orkney Islands, Scotland. b. the relief of those in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage who meet the criteria outlined in '1a'.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£49,992£39,807031 March 2026
30 June 2024£42,504£34,344031 March 2025
30 June 2023£57,060£49,430029 March 2024
30 June 2022£27,392£37,311031 March 2023
30 June 2021£47,329£46,820030 March 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
Hillhead, St Ola, Kirkwall, Orkney
Website supplied to OSCR
www.octrust.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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