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Caithness Family History Society

SC029848Registered charity from 09 February 2000
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 6 Clayock
Halkirk
By Thurso
Caithness
Postcode KW12 6UZ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The objects of the Society will be to advance education through promoting and encouraging the public study of Family History,Genealogy and Local History in Caithness by meetings, lectures and publications.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
CFHS provides information and advice to those who are seeking information about their family roots, normally those with a Caithness connection. It collects research and data in order to further the knowledge available and publishes, in print or on-line, the results of that research. Meetings are held within the County or virtually through an Internet provider to allow members and the general public hear about a specialist topic. Members of the society benefit by receiving a Journal, published or in electronic format, with two or three issues a year. Members are invited to contribute to it thus enhancing their own research skills and building connections to other members. The Society contribute to the educational knowledge of Scottish Family History by being an affiliated member of the Scottish Family History Societies.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 09 Feb 2000
Main Operating Location: Highland
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It does none of these"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Aug 2021 £3,569 £2,848 09 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Aug 2022 £2,603 £1,603 12 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Aug 2023 £3,744 £4,918 14 Mar 2024 Yes
31 Aug 2024 £4,567 £3,471 13 Oct 2024 Yes
31 Aug 2025 £2,573 £1,730 16 Oct 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
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
Angus MacKay
Nancy Swanson
Elizabeth Buchan
Jayden Alexander
Catherine Mary Greig
Anna Rogalski
Alison Smith
Joanna Swanson
Liz Greig
Angela Nicholson
Donald Omand
Janet Mowat
William Moodie
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

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