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The Hynish Trust

SC038956Registered charity from 16 November 2007
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Address The Lighthouse Shore Station
Hynish
Isle of Tiree
Argyll and Bute
Postcode PA77 6UD
Website www.hynishtrust.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The SCIO has been formed to benefit principally the community of Tiree which comprises all the postcode units within postcode district PA77 ("the Community") with the following objects: (1) The advancement of community development (including the advancement of rural regeneration) principally within the Community, through a range of initiatives centred on the complex of buildings forming the historic lighthouse shore station at Hynish (Tiree) and any further buildings which may be constructed in the vicinity, which may include any or all of the following: (a) the creation of employment opportunities (including self-employment), through (i) the provision of flexible workspace, for use on favourable terms and (ii) the provision (or assistance in the provision of) training courses in skills which will assist the participants in finding employment or supporting themselves through self-employment; (b) addressing the chronic shortage within the Community of housing at affordable rent levels (i) for key workers and others whose presence on Tiree is required to sustain the local economy and (ii) for people in necessitous circumstances, through the provision of housing for rent on affordable terms; (c) advancing the arts and culture, through the provision of appropriate performance, rehearsal, learning and/or exhibition space for arts and cultural activities; And (d) providing recreational facilities available to members of the public at large, with the object of improving their conditions of life; (2) The promotion for the public benefit of the preservation (whether wholly or in part) of buildings and other features of historic, pre-historic and/or architectural significance, and in particular the complex of buildings forming the historic lighthouse shore station at Hynish and any other features of historic or pre-historic interest (including structures, sites and artefacts) in the vicinity of those buildings; (3) The advancement of education, and in particular with regard to the historic lighthouse shore station at Hynish as well as the Skerryvore lighthouse itself, and other topics relating to the area in which the buildings are located and those living in and around that area.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 26 Feb 2026
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Jan 2025
Previous Constitutional Form 1: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form 1 Date: 16 Nov 2007
Geographical Spread: A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Main Operating Location: Argyll And Bute
Purposes: "the advancement of education","the advancement of citizenship or community development","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"
Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 28 January 2025 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: [01653639], company name: [Hebridean Trust Limited]).
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £173,035 £145,547 17 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £100,077 £82,789 10 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £141,925 £155,382 21 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £60,406 £395,367 23 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £141,375 £508,232 20 Dec 2025 Yes The Hynish Trust SCIO SC038956_Redacted
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