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Charity Details:

Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust

SC011160Registered charity from 21 December 1948
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Address Eilbank Cottage
Manse Brae
Dalserf
South Lanarkshire
Postcode ML9 3BN
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The objects for which the Trust is established are:- For the public benefit in Scotland:- (i) To take over from the Trustees of the existing Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust (with the assistance of such assets as may be made over by those Trustees for this purpose) the responsibility for providing a Bird Observatory on Fair Isle; (ii) To promote ornithological research with particular reference to the study of breeding and migrating birds at Fair Isle; (iii) To provide accommodation on Fair Isle for the primary use of those engaged in such research and others with kindred interests; (iv) To publish reports devoted primarily to the work of the Trust; (v) To provide the requisite administration (whether on or outside Fair Isle) to maintain the work of the Trust; and (vi) To engage in all other activities which, in the opinion of the Trust, may be conducive to the furtherance of the foregoing objects.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 20 May 2025
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Dec 1948
Geographical Spread: A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Main Operating Location: Shetland Islands
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science","the advancement of environmental protection or improvement","the advancement of animal welfare"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people","No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Oct 2020 £684,250 £104,790 30 Jul 2021 Yes
31 Oct 2021 £4,003,144 £128,137 16 Aug 2022 Yes
31 Oct 2022 £1,013,967 £88,364 31 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Oct 2023 £1,321,204 £131,826 15 Aug 2024 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Oct 2024 No Annual Information due by 31 Jul 2025
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.

If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
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