01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC031247
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 62
- Postcode
- KY1 2TQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our mission is to connect environment and people. We lead in the care of Fife's outdoors. Working together to create a healthier environment that supports wellbeing and sustains the balance between people and the natural world.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
The company's objects are: 4.1 to provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, primarily within the local authority area of Fife Council ('the Operating Area'), with such facilities/activities being made available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life, including (without prejudice to that generality) promoting and improving access to the countryside within the Operating Area, and through providing, developing and improving the facilities which support access to the countryside, biodiversity and wildlife within the Operating Area. 4.2 to advance education, primarily within the Operating Area, including through encouraging informed public access to the countryside, biodiversity and wildlife, which shall include the provision of interpretive centres, signage and other methods of conveying information. 4.3 to advance environmental protection and/or improvement through the conservation, preservation and general improvement of the countryside and the landscape within the Operating Area and through securing the sustainable use, management and enjoyment of the countryside and the landscape within the Operating Area. 4.4 to advance heritage and/or culture within the Operating Area. 4.5 to advance citizenship and/or community development, in particular, within the Operating Area. and 4.6 to promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects which further charitable purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,442,925 | £3,578,944 | 62 | 17 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,964,503 | £2,778,153 | 62 | 4 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,309,001 | £2,662,962 | 62 | 3 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,924,211 | £2,513,547 | 62 | 12 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,656,761 | £1,803,288 | 62 | 24 March 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
- Harbourmaster's House, Hot pot Wynd, Dysart, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.fifecoastandcountrysidetrust.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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