01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024254
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 45
- Postcode
- KY7 5QF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our vision is to create 'better todays and brighter tomorrow's for Fife's lone parents and families in need'. We deliver family support services that respond to the immediate needs of our communities to ensure children and young people are growing up in safe, warm and happy homes. All of our work is grounded in tackling child poverty with short-term fixes (such as heat & eat grants to tackle food and fuel poverty) and longer-term solutions (such as income maximisation and good employment). Through our projects our staff and volunteers engage families, support them on their journey and enable them to progress. We continue to identify emerging themes from our family support services and highlight key policy areas where systemic structural change is needed. Amplifying the voice of vulnerable families in Fife, Scotland and the UK. Through new initiatives we show our commitment to a change agenda.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- 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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The charitable company's objects are: (a) The prevention or relief of poverty through the promotion and provision of specialist support to lone parents and vulnerable and disadvantaged families in Fife in the interest of social welfare so that their quality of live may be improved. (b) The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the condition of life for the person for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. (c) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (including relief given by the provision of accommodation or care. In furtherance of the stated company objects the company will:- (a) Support the relief of stress for those identified in the objects. (b) Create appropriate volunteering opportunities to promote active citizenship.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,752,750 | £1,779,319 | 45 | 9 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,736,687 | £1,543,943 | 45 | 10 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,121,037 | £1,067,423 | 45 | 21 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,099,549 | £991,551 | 45 | 8 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,015,357 | £873,468 | 45 | 30 November 2021 |
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
- Unit 9, Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Queensway Industrial Estate, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.fifegingerbread.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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