01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC026655
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 19
- Postcode
- EH2 3JZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Federation provides a range of services and products to service the apprenticeship market across the UK. We do this on a not-for-profit basis.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company’s objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit to: 2.1.1 advance the education of employed and unemployed persons by promoting, organising and delivering skills development. 2.1.2 promote the views of employers to those who develop skills policy and skills standards. 6 2.1.3 provide insight and intelligence about skills and economic growth. 2.1.4 delivery of skills developing activities relating to apprenticeship services. 2.1.5 promote the exchange of best practice in the development of skills policy and in labour market solutions to economic issues in the United Kingdom and overseas. and 2.1.6 to do all such other things as are incidental to the attainment or furtherance of the said objects or any of them.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,681,000 | £1,881,000 | 19 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,734,000 | £1,783,000 | 19 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,754,000 | £1,733,000 | 19 | 13 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,044,000 | £2,032,000 | 19 | 21 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,345,000 | £2,423,000 | 19 | 8 December 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
- 14-18 Hill Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.fisss.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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