# Foula Electricity Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC016969
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Oct. 2, 1991
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC016969


## Contact

- **Address:** Foula Electricity Trust, C/O CU Marketing Ltd, Westwards, Longhill, Bigton, Shetland
- **Postcode:** ZE2 9JF



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of citizenship or community development'

**What the charity does:** It exists to provide an electricity supply to the residents and businesses on the Island of Foula, which is not connected to any existing electricity network. The charity provides electricity through its own renewable electricity generation system.

**Objectives:** The objects for which the Trust is established are to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for the provision of an electricity supply within the Island of Foula with the object of improving the condition of life for the inhabitants of the said island of Foula and in particular to secure the establishment, maintenance, repair, replacement and management of an electricity generating and supply system and for activities in furtherance of the foregoing objects and the Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund at their sole discretion to make payment out of the income or capital of the Trust Fund for these objects or any of the them or for such purpose or purposes charitable in law solely for the benefit of the said Island of Foula or of the inhabitants of that Island as the Trustees shall from time to time determine





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Shetland Islands
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £314986 | £91841 |  -  | 0 | [PDF](/sc/SC016969/files/2025-03-31-accounts.pdf) (281.6 KB) |
| March 31, 2024 | £127097 | £68815 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £72862 | £79890 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £104169 | £61820 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £163798 | £48629 |  -  | 0 |  |