OSCR Scottish charity profile

Fife Historic Buildings Trust

ActiveCharity number SC026043
Registered6 March 1997
Main locationFife
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC026043
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
6
Postcode
KY3 9TL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

• We manage projects to conserve historic buildings at risk, ensuring that they have a renewed practical purpose, long term caring owners and a viable future. • In our engagement and education programme, we share and foster best conservation practices and skills, as well as helping communities to appreciate their local heritage. • We have a small portfolio of historic properties, which we actively maintain as workspaces and holiday lets.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • 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

The objects for which the Company is established are to:- 5.1 foster the conservation, adaptation and re-use of buildings in Fife that have historic interest, architectural merit or amenity value, for public benefit, including associated land, streetscapes and relevant historic environments.. 5.2 promote the public knowledge and enjoyment of places in Fife having historic interest, architectural merit or amenity value. and 3 5.3 advance education and skills, for public benefit, in the conservation, adaptation and re-use of buildings and associated environments.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£400,703£367,30668 December 2025
31 March 2024£357,688£369,164613 December 2024
31 March 2023£337,070£342,38361 November 2023
31 March 2022£409,279£462,795621 December 2022
31 March 2021£473,970£322,13964 October 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
Kinghorn Town Hall, St Leonard`s Place, Kinghorn
Website supplied to OSCR
www.fifehistoricbuildings.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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