01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048532
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 9
- Postcode
- ZE10HA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our charity was established in 2016 to provide support services to anyone aged 13 and over of any gender who have been affected by any form of sexual violence or exploitation at any time in their lives. We provide Emotional and Practical Support, Counselling and Advocacy. We also campaign for a Shetland where everyone is equally safe and respected, where women and girls thrive as equal citizens and no-one lives with the threat of sexual violence. We do this through our prevention programme run in all schools, and our campaigning and activism work.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4. The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 To provide free, confidential and inclusive specialist services for non-abusive women and girls aged over 13 in Shetland affected by any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives, including trauma-informed information, support, and advocacy. 4.2 To provide free, confidential and inclusive specialist services for non-abusive people of all genders aged over 13 in Shetland affected by any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives, including trauma-informed information, support, and advocacy. 4.3 To promote our vision of Shetland as a society free from sexual violence by challenging all forms of inequity. 4.4 To advance human rights in Shetland by working towards the prevention and, ultimately the elimination, of sexual violence in all its forms through evidence-based approaches such as education, training, collaboration, consultation, capacity-building, and campaigning.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £434,979 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £436,283 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 9 | 5 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £396,786 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £304,706 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 9 | 15 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £381,909 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £399,365 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 9 | 9 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £359,983 | £14,645 | £345,338 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £338,815 | £0 | £338,815 | £0 | 9 | 31 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £292,624 | £4,767 | £287,857 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £262,832 | £0 | £262,832 | £0 | 9 | 8 November 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
- 11 Hill Lane, Lerwick, Shetland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.compasscentre.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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