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Orkney Historic Boat Society

SC044884Registered charity from 28 May 2014
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address The Sycamores
Postcode KW16 3BA
Website www.ohbs.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Society’s purposes are: To advance the preservation, interpretation and communication of Orkney maritime heritage. To achieve these purposes, the Society will: 1. Collect, restore and preserve boats built in Orkney or that have contributed to Orkney life. 2. Collect, restore and preserve maritime artefacts related to Orkney maritime heritage. 3. Manage the collection of boats and artefacts in a sustainable manner. 4. Build and maintain a set of tools, materials and equipment required to support the restoration and preservation of boats and artefacts in the collection. 5. Restore and preserve the boats and artefacts in the collection using traditional boat building skills and crafts. 6. Preserve traditional boat building skills and crafts through support for education and training. 7. Research and publish information about the boats and artefacts in the collection or related to Orkney maritime heritage. 8. Educate the public about Orkney maritime heritage. 9. Establish a boat museum in Orkney through which the boats, artefacts and related knowledge can be interpreted and communicated to the public.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Preserve and interpret and communicate Orkney's maritime heritage, in particular by collecting and preserving historic Orkney boats.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 May 2014
Main Operating Location: Orkney Islands
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Charity Trustees: 12
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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
05 Apr 2021 £996 £991 14 Oct 2021 Yes
05 Apr 2022 £10,008 £2,492 20 Oct 2022 Yes
05 Apr 2023 £2,634 £6,287 18 Oct 2023 Yes
05 Apr 2024 £1,349 £2,376 05 Nov 2024 Yes
05 Apr 2025 £6,554 £8,782 28 Oct 2025 Yes Download
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
Brian Pottinger
Susan Paice
James Clouston
Thomas Hutchison
Matthew Vaughton
Smith Foubister
William Mackay
Michael McLaughlin
William Drever
Ian Richardson
Arthur Johnson
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