--- title: "Lybster Heritage Trust — charity SC027408 | CharityCompare" description: "Lybster Heritage Trust (charity SC027408): income £45,142 (2024). Check registration, activities, accounts and official sources on an independent UK profile." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/lybster-heritage-trust retrieved: 2026-10-07T22:22:15.297Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. SC027408Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment) LH # Lybster Heritage Trust Independent profile · Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) data Lybster Heritage Trust is a registered charity in Scotland. Its register classifications include the advancement of education, the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Check official registration](https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC027408) Work at Lybster Heritage Trust? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=lybster-heritage-trust&type=claim&name=Lybster%20Heritage%20Trust) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about Lybster Heritage Trust? Reported income · year ending 2024-12-31 £45,142 Reported spending · year ending 2024-12-31 £54,439 Registered charity number SC027408 Status in source extract Registered Charity type Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment) Register contact address detail (not service area) Highland Quick answer Lybster Heritage Trust (number SC027408) is listed as registered in the OSCR snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation. ## What does Lybster Heritage Trust do? To preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and the nation at large, the Old Store Buildings at Lybster Harbour and to provide within these buildings, an interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster, provide workshop accommodation for boat building and crafts, a communal area for meetings and social events and such other activities as the Trustees may consider appropriate. Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04. From the annual return ## Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Lybster Heritage Trust Answers Lybster Heritage Trust gave in its annual return to the OSCR for the year ending 31 December 2024, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”. ### Registration details Registered as a charity 14 December 1997 Where it says it operates Highland ## What causes is Lybster Heritage Trust registered for? the advancement of educationthe advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or sciencethe advancement of environmental protection or improvement ## Why is there no Clarity Score for Lybster Heritage Trust yet? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Lybster Heritage Trust. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. [How scoring works](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What should you check before donating to Lybster Heritage Trust? - Match the registered name and number to the appeal. 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What does Lybster Heritage Trust do? To preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Caithness and the nation at large, the Old Store Buildings at Lybster Harbour and to provide within these buildings, an interpretative centre or exhibition describing the history of fishing and of the fishing community in Lybster, provide workshop accommodation for boat building and crafts, a communal area for meetings and social events and such other activities as the Trustees may consider appropriate. Does Lybster Heritage Trust have reviews and complaints? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Lybster Heritage Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How can I donate to Lybster Heritage Trust? Lybster Heritage Trust does not list a website in its register entry. Its official OSCR entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations. When was Lybster Heritage Trust registered as a charity? Lybster Heritage Trust was entered on the register on 14 December 1997. Source: Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC027408).