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Lybster Heritage SCIO

SC055784Registered charity from 23 October 2026

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Charity Information:

Address Waterlines Heritage Centre
Lybster Harbour
Lybster

Postcode KW3 6AH

Website https://waterlineslybster.co.uk

Parent Charity Name Lybster Heritage Trust

Parent Charity Registration Number SC027408

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

4.1 to preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and its environs, as well as the nation at large, the heritable subjects with the fittings and fixtures therein and thereon known as the Old Store Buildings (formerly known as the Bothy and Fish Kiln) at Lybster Harbour, Lybster (hereinafter referred to as "the Old Store Buildings"). 4.2 to advance the education of the general public and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation, by the provision in the Old Store Buildings of: 4.2.1 to provide an interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster and the neighbouring fishing stations; 4.2.2 to provide workshop accommodation for boat building, woodcraft and/or metalwork, or such other craft activity as the trustees consider appropriate within the purposes of the SCIO; 4.2.3 to provide a communal area for meetings and social events; and 4.2.4 to provide such other activities in the Old Store Buildings as the trustees consider appropriate within the purposes of the SCIO. 4.3 to preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and its environs, as well as the nation at large, such other heritable property of architectural merit or historical importance forming part of the national heritage, in the parish of Latheron, Caithness, and in particular the village of Lybster, as the trustees consider appropriate within the purposes of the SCIO.

Operations:

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 23 Oct 2026

Main Operating Location: Highland

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Jennifer	Ross
Ian	Leith
Angus Donald	MacKay
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