01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053050
- 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 3LA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Soma's Light was set up after the loss our 15 years of child Soma Veres to suicide. Our mission is to better the Orkney Young People's mental health. We organise awareness raising events about ill mental heath, self harm, suicide in our community with the goal of breaking down stigma attached to these issues. We also organise trainings, to enable our community to spot sings, help others during difficult and challenging time in their professional or personal life. We work along similar minded local and national organisations to make sure mental health challenges in our community are recognised, talked about with the aim of limit negative affect on our community.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation's purpose is the advancement of health. In furtherance of this purpose the organisation will: 4.1 Undertake activities, devise and deliver projects, attend events, visit and make presentations at clubs and other local organisations to raise awareness of mental health and suicide in Orkney, to ensure the community has the skills to support suicide prevention and improve wellbeing for individuals and groups. 4.2 Raise funds through community and online fundraising activities, events, sale of branded merchandise and other activities which can be used to deliver awareness raising projects. 4.3 Support the work of other Orkney based charities which have similar aims, to advance and improve mental health and reduce the levels of suicide in our community, through disbursement of funds raised by Soma's Light. 4.4 Work in partnership with other charities and public sector agencies where appropriate to raise awareness of suicide and mental health within an Orkney context. 4.5 Seek grant funding to deliver mental health and suicide awareness raising activities and programmes, including delivery of youth projects.
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 December 2025 | £24,197 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £16,197 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £17,715 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £10,827 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 6 August 2025 |
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
- Anandale, Bigswell Road, Stenness, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.somaslight.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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