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East Neuk Lobster Hatchery

SC053024Registered charity from 21 December 2023
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 22 Peter Howling Place
Anstruther
Fife
Postcode KY10 3YQ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
Advance education by carrying out activities that will enhance or support better understanding for the public regarding lobsters, their life cycle, and the environment they live in, by providing educational resources and opportunities to observe lobsters at each stage of their life cycle also create links with educational institutions and local community groups to adopt good citizenship of the marine environment. Advance the fishing heritage of the East Neuk of Fife and the Firth of Forth by increasing the public knowledge of the history and culture of the local fishing community families their methods and traditions. Advance community development and involvement by providing opportunities for members of the public from all age groups within the community to volunteer and assist in fundraising and running the hatchery. Advance marine conservation, environmental protection, and sustainability in the East Neuk of Fife and Firth of Forth by encouraging sustainable fishing of lobsters, but not barring other marine life. By enabling the hatching, rearing, and cultivation of lobster eggs through larval growth to juvenile stages and releasing them, by providing a focal point for assessing and monitoring the relative strength of the Firth of Forth as a fishery by providing a base for such activities.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Our charity is dedicated to marine conservation through the creation of a lobster hatchery in the East Neuk of Fife. We aim to boost local lobster populations by raising lobster larvae in a safe, controlled environment and releasing as many healthy juveniles as possible back into the wild. This helps sustain the marine ecosystem and supports the long-term viability of local fisheries. We work closely with fishermen, volunteers, and the community to collect berried hens, educate the public, and promote stewardship of our coastal waters.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Dec 2023
Main Operating Location: Fife
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "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"
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 Dec 2024 £2,526 £300 29 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 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
Claire Doig
Ellis Jaffray
Diane Ireland
shaun Suttie
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