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The Swan Trust SCIO

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC051822
Status
Active
Registered
June 29, 2022
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
16 Alexandra Building
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0LL

Contact

Website
swantrust.com
Website screenshot

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport'

The Trust was set up to advance education by encouraging (young) people to sail on the Swan, keeping traditional sailing techniques alive. to advance heritage and culture by maintaining Swan as a working vessel so that she may be preserved and open to public as part of our maritime and fishing heritage, and enabling public participation in sport, by organising sailing trips on the Swan. Swan is a community asset which brings people together, whether on a sailing trip, as part of our volunteer base or through community events. With a particular focus on enabling youth sail training, we connect with schools, sail training and youth organisations, and undertake a range of youth sails every year. We value and help to develop the skills of our volunteer base, looking to help them as they help us, and work with partner organisations to enhance community events and offer sailing and personal development opportunities to all.

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

Objectives: The organisation’s purposes are: (a) The advancement of education in particular by encouraging and facilitating interested parties (particularly young people) to sail on the Swan and to thereby teach and keep alive the technique of sailing of and working of a traditional Fifie such as the Swan. (b) The advancement of heritage and culture in particular by restoring and maintaining the Shetland Fifie 'Swan' (LK243) as a working and sea-going sail fishing boat using, as far as is Swan Trust SCIO SC051822 Page 4 of 17 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 Shetland's maritime and fishing heritage for future generations. (c) The advancement of public participation in sport in particular by organising sailing trips on the Swan to be participated in by members of the public.

Geography

Main operating location
Shetland Islands
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees Accounts
March 31, 2026 £0 £0 2
March 31, 2025 £167,192 £163,718 - PDF 652.1 KB
March 31, 2024 £702,140 £129,742 -
March 31, 2023 £0 £0 -