OSCR Scottish charity profile

West Side Cinema

Known as WSC

ActiveCharity number SC046126
Registered12 November 2015
Main locationOrkney Islands
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046126
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
KW16 3BY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Regular film screenings in Stromness throughout the year together with events (including screenings, workshops and talks) and support to other arts and science festivals in Orkney, in collaboration and partnership with community organisations, local businesses and film institutions off island. WSC aims to promote a broad range of film experience within Orkney. and promote understanding and creative discourse, encouraging community development through engagement with film.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • 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

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3 The organisation's purposes are: 3.1 To advance the education of the public in the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the arts, specifically the medium of film and allied visual techniques. 3.2 To enable and encourage access, via multiple means, including screenings, workshops and talks, to a broad range of film experience within Orkney and to promote understanding and creative discourse in relation to film.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£7,094£5,616011 September 2025
31 December 2023£9,444£10,180017 June 2024
31 December 2022£2,286£2,430030 September 2023
31 December 2021£0£547029 September 2022
31 December 2020£7,125£3,825028 October 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
3 Graham Place, Stromness, Orkney
Website supplied to OSCR
www.wscinema.wordpress.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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