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Orkney Charitable Trust

Also known as: Oct

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC044924
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed March 31, 2026. Filing history
Registered
June 12, 2014
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
Hillhead
St Ola
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1SX

Contact

Website
octrust.org.uk
Screenshot of the Orkney Charitable Trust website

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

We fundraise and donate grants to young people in need, who live within Orkney.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','People with disabilities or health problems','Other charities or voluntary bodies'

Objectives: 1. a. the prevention or relief of poverty of any individual under the age of 25 who has their main residence within the Orkney Islands, Scotland. b. the relief of those in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage who meet the criteria outlined in '1a'.

Geography

Main operating location
Orkney Islands
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
June 30, 2025 March 31, 20261 day late £49,992 £39,807
June 30, 2024 March 31, 20251 day late £42,504 £34,344
June 30, 2023 March 29, 2024On time £57,060 £49,430
June 30, 2022 March 31, 20231 day late £27,392 £37,311
June 30, 2021 March 30, 2022On time £47,329 £46,820

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.