01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC055784
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- Not supplied
- Postcode
- KW3 6AH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 to preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and its environs, as well as the nation at large, the heritable subjects with the fittings and fixtures therein and thereon known as the Old Store Buildings (formerly known as the Bothy and Fish Kiln) at Lybster Harbour, Lybster (hereinafter referred to as 'the Old Store Buildings'). 4.2 to advance the education of the general public and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation, by the provision in the Old Store Buildings of: 4.2.1 to provide an interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster and the neighbouring fishing stations. 4.2.2 to provide workshop accommodation for boat building, woodcraft and/or metalwork, or such other craft activity as the trustees consider appropriate within the purposes of the SCIO. 4.2.3 to provide a communal area for meetings and social events. and 4.2.4 to provide such other activities in the Old Store Buildings as the trustees consider appropriate within the purposes of the SCIO. 4.3 to preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and its environs, as well as the nation at large, such other heritable property of architectural merit or historical importance forming part of the national heritage, in the parish of Latheron, Caithness, and in particular the village of Lybster, as the trustees consider appropriate within the purposes of the SCIO.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | — | Not supplied |
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
- Waterlines Heritage Centre, Lybster Harbour, Lybster
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://waterlineslybster.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Lybster Heritage Trust · SC027408
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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