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Lybster Heritage Trust

SC027408Registered charity from 14 December 1997
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Waterlines Visitor Centre
Lybster Harbour
Lybster
Caithness
Postcode KW3 6AH
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
(One) 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, aforesaid (hereinafter referred to as "the Old Store Buildings") (Two) For the advancement of the education of the general public (without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions) and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation of the general public by the provision in the Old Store Buildings of:- (a) An interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster and the neighbouring fishing stations (b) Workshop accommodation for boat building, wood craft, and/or metal WJrk or such other craft activity as the Trustees consider appropriate within the objects of the Trust (c) A communal area for meetings and social events (d) Such other activities in the Old Store Buildings as the Trustees consider appropriate all within the objects of the Trust (Three) To preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and its environs as well as the Nation at large such other heritable property and fittings and fixtures of architectural merit or historical importance forming part of the National Heritage in the Parish of Latheron, Caithness and in particular in the village of Lybster, aforesaid as the Trustees consider appropriate within the objects of the Trust (Four) Any other objects recognised by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue as charitable which the Trustees consider are similar or related to the foregoing objects
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and the nation at large, the Old Store Buildings at Lybster Harbour and to provide within these buildings, an interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster, provide workshop accommodation for boat building and crafts, a communal area for meetings and social events and such other activities as the Trustees may consider appropriate.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 14 Dec 1997
Main Operating Location: Highland
Number of Staff: 2
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £0 £10,086 22 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £111 £13,477 27 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £17,117 £42,431 26 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £45,142 £54,439 30 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
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   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
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