01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053505
- 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 3DL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
(a) encouraging practical, responsible and sustainable approaches to land and water management, which embrace sound science and evidence-based decision making for the benefit of the wider community. (b) provide advice and support to practical works that restore, protect and maintain aquatic habitats, with a particular emphasis on increasing resilience to climate change. (c) managing projects to improve habitats and water quality of lochs and burns in Orkney. and (d) running education programmes for schools, colleges, communities and volunteers.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objectives of the Trust are to protect, restore and maintain aquatic biodiversity, particularly native fish, in the burns, lochs and associated coastal areas of Orkney.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £8,660 | £0 | 0 | 9 December 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
- Ness House, Ness Road, Stromnes, Orkney
- 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.