Charity Details

Ocean Youth Trust Scotland

SC029531Registered charity from 08 November 1999

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Charity Information:

Address Victoria House
5, East Blackhall Street
Greenock

Postcode PA15 1HD

Website www.oytscotland.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The Company's objects are the advancement of education of the youth of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland irrespective of race, colour or creed in the art of seamanship and navigation generally as a recreation or leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare and to improve the conditions of life of such youth

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Ocean Youth Trust Scotland is a leading provider of youth work at sea. Through our adventurous and challenging residential voyages, we aim to deliver life changing experiences for our young people, in a safe, effective and efficient way. Our Strategy has five key themes, and each theme has several defined outcomes against which we can measure our progress. We aim to develop our youth work. We invest in our people, both staff and volunteers. We continue to maintain our vessels to the highest standard whilst recognising that a new replacement vessel will be required at a future date. We work hard at creating a sustainable organisation. We continue to raise our profile and build our reputation.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 08 Nov 1999

Main Operating Location: Inverclyde

Number of Staff: 13

Number of Volunteers: 101-250

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "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", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£570,355	£515,439	08 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£693,801	£725,035	01 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,066,608	£1,041,159	03 Oct 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£758,136	£843,877	02 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£865,989	£856,399	26 Nov 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
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
Ann	Baddeley
Lucie	Aitkenhead
Malcolm	McNeill
Alistair	Carter
Paul	Dobie
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