Extract from the Scottish Charity Register maintained by OSCR
Charity Details
Operations

charity number
Every registered charity is given a unique registration number. This begins with the prefix 'SC' and is followed by six numbers.
 Charity Number: SC004033
charity name
This is the charity's legal name as set out in its governing document.
 Charity Name: Orkney Heritage Society
recognition date
This is the date on which this charity was granted charitable status.
 Registered charity from: 28/01/1969
address
This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.
 Address: 14 Old Scapa Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
postcode
This is the latest postcode which the charity has supplied.
 Postcode: KW15 1BB
address type
This shows whether the address supplied by the charity is:
  • their principal office
  • the address of one of the charity's trustees
  • neither of the above (not known)
 Office/Home address: Charity Trustee's home address
website
The charity's website address. This is a hyperlink to the charity's website.
 Website: www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/ohs
constitutional form
Current status of the charity.
 Charity Status: Active
constitutional form
Whether the charity is a trust, company or unincorporated association.
 Constitutional Form: Unincorporated Association
accounting perios end
The date of the charity's financial year end.
 Accounting Period End: 31 August
gross income
The charity's gross income in the last financial year.
 Gross Income: £6,965.00
geographical spread
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.
 Geographical Spread: Wider, but within one local authority area in Scotland
main operating location
The local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.
 Main Operating Location: Orkney Islands
last updated
The date this charity's record was last updated by OSCR.
To find out how we collected this information, download a sample annual return form
 Last Updated: 05/07/2010
purposes
The Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose. Charities were asked to identify at least one charitable purpose which applied to their activities.
 Purposes: Advancement of Citizenship or Community Development
Advancement of the Arts, Heritage, Culture or Science
Advancement of Environmental Protection or Improvement
beneficiaries
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of its activities:
  • Children / young people
  • Older people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities / voluntary bodies
 Beneficiaries: Benefits No Specific Group
activities
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following list:
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
  • It does none of these
 Activities: Grants to Individuals
Grants to Organisations
Carries out Activities
objects Objects:
These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity?s objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects.
1. To stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of the area of Orkney and its surroundings. 2. To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest. 3. To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in Orkney. 4. To pursue these ends by means of meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, conferences, and publicity, and the promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.


Annual Return Submission History

Mailing Cycle Financial Year Annual Return
year end Year End
The end of the financial year for which accounts and information have been requested.
income Income
The gross income for this period.
issued Issued
The date OSCR sent the return to the charity.
checked Checked
The date the return was validated by OSCR.
200531-08-2004£19,261.0029-04-200523-08-2005
200631-08-2006£1,519.0027-10-200604-04-2007
200731-08-2007£1,085.0005-09-200709-07-2008
200831-08-2008£8,619.0001-09-200820-05-2009
200931-08-2009£6,965.0001-09-200905-07-2010
201031-08-2010-01-09-2010-