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The Friends of the Italian Chapel SCIO

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC022229
Status
Active
Registered
Jan. 1, 1902
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
Farahowe
Stenness
Orkney
KW16 3LB

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'the advancement of religion','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

We help to preserve and maintain the Italian Chapel building. assist the landowner to ensure the chapel is maintained and available for people to visit and worship in it. promote education about the history of the chapel. sustain links with the communities in Italy where the POWs came from.

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

Objectives: 4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 To preserve the fabric of the Italian Chapel on the island of Lambholm, Orkney as far as this can be done and to support such repairs to the building as are deemed necessary, and in the public interest. 4.2 To support the provision of the said Chapel, which has been canonically consecrated for Catholic worship, may be available by reasonable prior appointment, for services, weddings, baptisms, etc. 4.3 To support the provision of said Chapel’s availability to other denominations to a reasonable and generous extent. and 4.4 To provide for the advancement of heritage, culture or the Catholic faith, and without prejudice to the foregoing generality, to provide grants, funding or scholarships in the furtherance of cultural and religious links with Italy and the town of Moena, with particular reference to wartime Italy.

Geography

Main operating location
Orkney Islands
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2025 £31,024 £15,088
Sept. 30, 2024 £40,761 £17,910
Sept. 30, 2023 £46,426 £21,038
Sept. 30, 2022 £41,193 £22,634
Sept. 30, 2021 £28,703 £10,325