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Muirneag na Mara SCIO

SC053930Registered charity from 24 January 2025
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Charity Information:
Address 208 Altandhu
Achiltibuie
Ullapool
Postcode IV262YR
Website www.muirneag.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The advancement of heritage, culture and traditional skills in the construction and subsequent maintenance of Class-One Zulu Muirneag as a working and sea-going sail fishing boat using, as far as is 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 Wester Ross, the Isle of Lewis and Scotland's maritime and fishing heritage for future generations; The advancement of public participation in the heritage, culture and skills, and provision of recreational facilities associated with sailing a Zulu through organising sailing trips on the Muirneag to be participated in by members of the public. The advancement of education in particular by encouraging and facilitating interested parties (particularly young people) to sail on the Muirneag and to thereby teach and keep alive the technique of sailing of and working of a traditional Zulu such as the Muirneag.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The charity has been established to rebuild and operate the historic 80ft (24m) sailing vessel - the herring lugger SV Muirneag ('Darling Girl' in Gaelic). Upon its completion it will be the only seaworthy class one Zulu in existence (see History section). Once it is built, fully coded and licensed it will be based in Ullapool and Stornoway, operating primarily in NW Scotland and the Hebrides, with longer range cruises to cover all of the British Isles, and potentially Europe and the Baltics. The objective of the Muirneag Project is to create a world class community asset, a fundamental driver for: 1) Re-establishing heritage boatbuilding skills 2) Youth projects and apprenticeships, 3) Sail training & Tall ship racing, 4) Citizen marine science via an onboard laboratory 5) Communities to engage with the marine environment, Scotland’s rich seafaring heritage, and the place of herring fishing in world history.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 24 Jan 2025
Main Operating Location: Highland
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "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 carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jan 2026 £1,674 £96 07 Apr 2026 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
Charlotte Watters
Gregory Stone
Ferga Perry
Adrian Smith
Joseph Peach
KEVIN PEACH
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