OSCR Scottish charity profile

Thurso Heritage Society (SCIO)

ActiveCharity number SC050777
Registered16 February 2021
Main locationHighland
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050777
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
KW14 7QX
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OSCR note: Thurso Heritage Society SC015758 has now wound up and transferred its assets to Thurso Heritage Society SCIO SC050777, which is a SCIO/ Charitable Company

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Preserve and Promote the rich History & Heritage of the most northerly town on the British mainland. By managing a host of videos and photographs on our Interactive Website. By managing our Facebook page (over 5,000 followers). By preserving parts of Thurso that has an historical interest. By recording and videoing some notable characters from Thurso.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To preserve the character, history and traditions of Caithness in general and the district of Thurso in particular. 4.2 To promote and maintain promote and maintain public interest and participation in such matters. To liaise and co-operate with and assist all bodies with similar interests and pursuits and to affiliate to such national and local bodies where it would be in the interests of the Society to do so. 4.3 To provide members assistance and advise of facilities for research and education in cultural pursuits of the heritage of Caithness in general and the District of Thurso in particular. 4.4 To encourage the publication and dissemination of papers on the heritage of Caithness and the District of Thurso in particular and provide an opportunity and outlet for members to participate actively in such matters. 4.5 To encourage the publication and dissemination of papers on the heritage of Caithness and the District of Thurso in particular and provide an opportunity and outlet for members to participate actively in such matters.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£1,255£0£0£0£0£0£384£0£0£002 March 2026
31 December 2024£948£0£0£0£0£0£702£0£0£004 February 2025
31 December 2023£301£0£0£0£0£0£436£0£0£0025 February 2024
31 December 2022£880£0£0£0£0£0£406£0£0£005 June 2023
31 December 2021£2,405£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£001 February 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
8 Primrose Avenue , Thurso, Caithness
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.thursointeractive.co.uk/default.aspx
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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