01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008537
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- DD6 8JB
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 24/03/2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Forgan Arts Centre SC008537 which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 22/10/1980.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Forgan Arts Centre sits on the edge of the village of Newport-on-Tay in the Tay Bridgehead Ward of North East Fife. It is a community-led arts centre delivering creative activities for the people of Fife, and beyond. Our programme includes art and craft classes, workshops, artist-led projects that respond to community need, artist commissions, residencies, placements, and public events. We provide allotments, artist studios, and professional making facilities. We have on-site accommodation in the Gardener’s Cottage. Through diverse creative practices, we work with artists while listening to our communities to address individual and collective challenges that resonate locally and globally. We are a part of the local ecology providing access to creativity and a site for the exploration and understanding of the natural environment. We provide a warm welcome and take an approach to accessibility that supports individual need.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The Organisation is a non-profit distributing charity whose aim is to advance the health and wellbeing of the residents of the Tay Bridgehead Council Ward and surrounding area (which together constitute the ' local community') by promoting the following: 1) The advancement of education 2) The advancement of arts, heritage, culture and science 3) The advancement of citizenship or community development 5 And in furtherance of the above, the Organisation will 1) provide or improve, or assist in providing or improving, facilities and activities for the study and practice of arts and crafts and 2) foster community participation and engagement through the provision or improvement of such facilities and activities.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £479,116 | £566,002 | 11 | 13 August 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £370,452 | £430,138 | 11 | 15 July 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £466,921 | £427,585 | 11 | 5 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £315,266 | £296,927 | 11 | 4 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £369,036 | £76,484 | 11 | 7 September 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
- Forgan Arts Centre, 59 Kirk Road, Newport on Tay
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.forganartscentre.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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