OSCR Scottish charity profile

Michaelswood SCIO

Known as Michaelswood Public Amenity

ActiveCharity number SC053355
Registered14 May 2024
Main locationShetland Islands
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053355
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
ZE2 9NB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provides the community with a healthy fun outdoor woodland amenity, catering for local organisations, disadvantage peoples through physical disablement, people with special needs and the general public. The promotion of tree culture and the ecological well being of the local environment.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1. The SCIO will promote, advance and further charitable purposes in Shetland primarily by: 4.1.1. providing facilities, opportunities and activities that promote and improve community health and wellbeing. advance education and citizenship and community development. 4.1.2. creating and maintaining a woodland area which contributes to the diversity and ecology of Shetland. and 4.1.3. providing access to recreational facilities to those with a disability and limited mobility to support and improve their health, wellbeing, and independence. 4.2. For the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the following purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) are the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section of the 2005 Act: - 4.2.1. the advancement of education. 4.2.2. the provision of recreational activities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. and 4.2.3. the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 4.3. The SCIO shall have the power to advance any of the above purposes or objects by the giving of grants or loans or the provision of credit or other forms of assistance, financial or otherwise, to person undertaking projects, initiatives and/or activities which further any of the above purposes or objects and which are wholly charitable within the meaning of the Taxes Acts and section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£8,171£8,450020 February 2026
31 December 2024£11,376£10,202019 May 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
Kvernbakki, Aith, Bixter, Shetland
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.