OSCR Scottish charity profile

Tackling Household Affordable Warmth Orkney

Known as THAW Orkney

ActiveCharity number SC045272
Registered5 December 2014
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045272
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
10
Postcode
KW17 2RE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to relieve fuel poverty in Orkney residents. It does this through providing free of charge fuel poverty advice to Orkney residents, working in partnership with other third sector organisations in Orkney and referring clients as needed for other help such as debt advice, benefit assessment, foodbank, mental health help etc, and through providing practical help such as electricity vouchers, Cosy Home Packs, paying for other types of fuel, electricity debt, and repairs needed to permit access to government schemes for heating, insulation etc. Services are provided through a mix of in person and telephone support. We work closely with the isles Development Trusts in the outer isles.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purposes are: To relieve poverty by promoting the efficient use of energy (including energy for heating purposes) among persons who are in necessitous circumstances including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) those in such circumstances who are elderly, or whose housing conditions are unsatisfactory To advance public education about all aspects of energy conservation and the efficient use of energy. To relieve poverty through the co-ordination, delivery, and support of projects and services which address fuel poverty and its associated conditions and symptoms.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£768,228£395,5161019 December 2025
31 March 2024£428,068£346,343106 December 2024
31 March 2023£171,815£236,9321011 November 2023
31 March 2022£285,094£230,1691011 November 2022
31 March 2021£270,255£267,286108 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
Bring Deeps, Orphir, Orkney
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.thaworkney.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.