01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051899
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KW17 2RE
OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Orkney Yole Association SC048254. Orkney Yole Association SC048254 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Orkney Yole Association SCIO SC051899.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
It is set up to transfer skills and knowledge around maintaining and sailing and constructing Orkney yoles, making known their traditional uses and promoting their use as sailing vessels. It does this through arranging taster sessions in the yoles for the local P7 primary school children and for local adults, organising week night sailing during the summer for yoles and participating in local regattas, hosting social evenings over the winter with a yole theme, selling its book 'The Orkney Yole' and outreach activities such as attendance at Portsoy traditiional boat festival.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Association's purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of education by transferring skills and knowledge of maintaining and sailing existing Orkney yoles, one of Orkney's traditional sailing vessels and, when possible, of constructing sailing yoles. 4.2 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science by making the traditional uses of Orkney yoles as cargo, fishing and transport vessels known. 4.3 The advancement of public participation in sport by promoting the active use of Orkney yoles as sailing vessels.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £1,041 | £4,629 | 0 | 20 July 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £2,588 | £1,192 | 0 | 9 June 2025 |
| 31 October 2023 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 16 July 2024 |
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
- https://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/YOLEASSOCIATION/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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