01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC019264
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DD3 9EU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Tayport Harbour Trust Ltd is a charitable trust of 80 members, managed by a board of volunteer trustees. Our primary aim is to provide access to sport and recreation in the form of all watersports, through the provision of berthing facitlties for vessels of all types, the maintenance of the listed harbour infrastructure mainly in the form of volunteer working parties and an ongoing program of improvements to help us meet our charitable purposes.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
1 The company’s purposes are: (a) The advancement of public participation in sport, particularly, but not exclusively, sailing (b) The provision of recreational facilities through the ownership, lease or purchase of the Port and Harbour of Tayport, Fife and the ownership and maintenance of any buildings and other structures situated there (c) The organisation of recreational activities including sailing, boating, swimming, diving and all other aquatic sports and water-related activities (d) The advancement of environmental protection, maintenance and improvement of the historic Tayport Harbour and the surrounding area. 2 The company’s objects are restricted to those set out in Article 1 (but subject to article 3). 3 The company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove, or alter the statement of the company’s objects in Article 1. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £91,406 | £79,031 | 0 | 31 March 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | £51,810 | £68,607 | 0 | 11 April 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £113,479 | £64,773 | 0 | 2 April 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £112,230 | £17,257 | 0 | 26 June 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £109,392 | £88,105 | 0 | 27 June 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
- Tayport Harbour, Harbour Road, Tayport, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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