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The Swan Trust SCIO

SC051822Registered charity from 29 June 2022
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity has been established to replace Swan Trust, SC017598 Swan Trust, SC017598 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to The Swan Trust SCIO, SC051822
Charity Information:
Address 16 Alexandra Building
Lerwick
Shetland
Postcode ZE1 0LL
Website www.swantrust.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation’s purposes are: (a) The advancement of education in particular by encouraging and facilitating interested parties (particularly young people) to sail on the Swan and to thereby teach and keep alive the technique of sailing of and working of a traditional Fifie such as the Swan. (b) The advancement of heritage and culture in particular by restoring and maintaining the Shetland Fifie "Swan" (LK243) as a working and sea-going sail fishing boat using, as far as is Swan Trust SCIO SC051822 Page 4 of 17 reasonably practical, similar materials and techniques to those used in her original construction and design so that she may be preserved and open to public as part of Shetland's maritime and fishing heritage for future generations. (c) The advancement of public participation in sport in particular by organising sailing trips on the Swan to be participated in by members of the public.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Trust was set up to advance education by encouraging (young) people to sail on the Swan, keeping traditional sailing techniques alive; to advance heritage and culture by maintaining Swan as a working vessel so that she may be preserved and open to public as part of our maritime and fishing heritage, and enabling public participation in sport, by organising sailing trips on the Swan. Swan is a community asset which brings people together, whether on a sailing trip, as part of our volunteer base or through community events. With a particular focus on enabling youth sail training, we connect with schools, sail training and youth organisations, and undertake a range of youth sails every year. We value and help to develop the skills of our volunteer base, looking to help them as they help us, and work with partner organisations to enhance community events and offer sailing and personal development opportunities to all.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 29 Jun 2022
Main Operating Location: Shetland Islands
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 public participation in sport"
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 Mar 2023 £0 £0 21 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £702,140 £129,742 12 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £167,192 £163,718 05 Dec 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
George Anderson
Peter Campbell
Shayne McLeod
John Goodlad
Thomas Allan
Jessie Szego
Andrew Manson
David Goodlad
Andrew Johnston
Rory Goodlad
John Simpson
Angus MacNiel
Robert Wishart
Daniel Lawson
Eileen Irvine
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