OSCR Scottish charity profile

Caithness Street Pastors

ActiveCharity number SC050806
Registered3 March 2021
Main locationHighland
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050806
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
KW1 4JG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Caithness Street Pastors is set up to provide a supportive presence when people are leaving pubs and/or events. This mainly occurs in the evenings on the streets of Wick and Thurso in Caithness. The Street Pastors purpose is to help people who maybe struggling with to get home safely, who may need proper footwear by providing more appropriate footwear and to give a listening ear to those who would like to talk. The work is co-ordinated with local police, pub staff and bouncers who may call on us when our presence can be seen to help with a need. We have two teams of 4 volunteers who go out once a month once in Wick and once in Thurso. These volunteers have gone through training that enables them to assess the best way to interact safely in difficult/hostile situations that they may encounter with the intent of defusing tense situations. The presence of an non threatening/ non authoritarian friendly faces is often enough to change the atmosphere.

Charitable purposes

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

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 advance the Christian Faith in accordance with the Licence Agreement executed with Ascension Trust (Scotland) and the Core Values and Mission Statement appearing in the Schedule hereto in Caithness and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time to think fit, particularly but not exclusively by means of caring, listening and helping people on the streets and at various venues day and night. 4.2 To advance health, including the prevention and relief of sickness and human suffering, through the provision of goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support in Caithness and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time to think fit, particularly but not exclusively by means of caring, listening and helping people, including those suffering from amongst other reasons excessive alcohol or substance use or misuse, on the streets and at various venues, day and night. 4.3 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by the provision of goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support in Caithness and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time to think fit, particularly but not exclusively by means of caring, listening and helping people on the streets and at various venues, day and night.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£1,456£1,015028 June 2026
31 March 2024£2,331£0029 October 2024
31 March 2023£0£0031 December 2023
31 March 2022£0£0031 December 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
17 Gunns Terrace, Wick, Caithness
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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