01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC001142
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KY10 3AR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
see above charitable purposes
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Charitable Purposes of Murray Library ('the Charitable Purposes') are that the Trustees shall hold the buildings known as 'Murray Library' in Anstruther, Fife for the purpose of maintaining of the buildings themselves, and thereby preserving their heritage, and of using them principally to create a regular annual rental income from commercial or other lettings therein and partly to provide community spaces therein for educational and recreational purposes, with the net annual income of the Trust, after payment of its annual and other expenses and the setting aside a reasonable annual sum as the Trustees hereunder in their sole discretion shall seem proper in a Buildings Maintenance Fund, being allocated by the Trustees to give as grants within and for the benefit of organisations and individuals in the community of the Royal Burgh of Kilrenny and Anstruther in Fife for the purposes of advancing education (which may include education about the arts, culture, heritage and/ or science) and recreation, as they in their sole discretion shall think fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £48,387 | £50,798 | 0 | 30 April 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £34,783 | £59,431 | 0 | 30 April 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £31,559 | £44,062 | 0 | 21 May 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £28,265 | £36,041 | 0 | 30 May 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £26,126 | £33,645 | 0 | 31 May 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 58 East Forth Street, Cellardyke, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.anstruther.info
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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