Charity Details

Shetland UHI

SC050701Registered charity from 20 January 2021

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Notes:

Previous name Shetland UHI Ltd 20/01/2021 - 18/11/2021

Charity Information:

Address Shetland UHI
Gremista
Lerwick
Shetland

Postcode ZE1 0PX

Website https://www.shetland.uhi.ac.uk/

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

6. The company's objects are: 6.1. To advance education, and primarily further and higher education (in keeping with the Further & Higher Education Scotland Acts 1992 and 2005) of people within the Shetland Islands ("the Operating Area") and elsewhere, and the provision of training in skills of all kinds (particularly such skills as will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment) and all industries, including all aspects of the Shetland Fishing Industry, marine and coastal industries; 6.2. The advancement of education by fostering links with Scotland, the UK and international learners, researchers and education providers to further the objects of the Shetland UHI Ltd to increase individual and collective knowledge and understanding, skills and expertise; 6.3. To carry out and promote research relevant to industry, community development, the protection and sustainability of marine and coastal environments, arts, heritage and culture; and to make evidence available to educate, provide training and promote best practice; 6.4. To promote, protect, conserve, rehabilitate and improve the marine and coastal environment, including all animal and plant life, in the Shetland Islands and elsewhere; 6.5. To prevent and relieve poverty, and in particular, among residents of the Operating Area and other areas of Scotland, the UK and internationally, by facilitating accessible learning opportunities and imparting skills, and life skills, which enable learners to secure employment and contribute to their community; 6.6. To relieve unemployment for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment; 6.7. To advance citizenship and community development (including through the promotion of trade and commerce), wellbeing, inclusion, citizenship and community development; 6.8. To advance the arts, heritage and culture; of all aspects of island and sea-going life; 6.9. To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects which further charitable purposes; 6.10. To act as an Academic Partner with UHI as Regional Strategic Body; and 6.11. To collaborate with public bodies and other academic partners of UHI, to advance and support services, strategies, plans and projects to meet the needs of the Shetland Islands population and environment.

Operations:

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

UHI Shetland is set up to be an educational and training provider for the people of the Shetland Islands, Highlands and Islands region and beyond. We offer inspirational learning, influential training, and innovative research in the heart of Shetland’s community. We offer everything from school phase through to all post-secondary school learning, from access level through to PhD. We offer more ways to learn through our connected tertiary partnership. We offer a range of professionally accredited training and development courses for industry. We can work with employers to identify training needs, tackle potential skills shortages and training to support new or existing employees. Vocational training and apprenticeships are supported by UHI Shetland in a wide range of specialisms.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 20 Jan 2021

Main Operating Location: Shetland Islands

Number of Staff: 109

Number of Volunteers: 0

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"

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 Jul 2021	£0	£0	29 Apr 2022	Yes
31 Jul 2022	£6,871,000	£8,734,000	28 Apr 2023	Yes
31 Jul 2023	£7,379,000	£8,065,000	22 Mar 2024	Yes
31 Jul 2024	£6,938,000	£8,222,000	19 Mar 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Jul 2025			No	Annual Information due by 30 Apr 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:

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