OSCR Scottish charity profile

Fife Coast And Countryside Trust

ActiveCharity number SC031247
Registered1 March 2001
Main locationFife
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC031247
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
over 250 volunteers
Staff
65
Postcode
KY1 2TQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Fife Coast and Countryside Trust balances the delivery of high-quality countryside services and outdoor recreation with preserving the natural environment and beautiful landscapes found in Fife. Despite a scarcity of funding, FCCT delivers multiple services, maintains many sites, and manages projects across all of Fife.

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

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£3,657,727£27,377£3,342,431£61,935£204,249£21,735£3,738,600£40,969£3,475,631£222,000655 October 2026
31 March 2025£3,442,925£19,869£3,243,464£75,032£98,539£6,021£3,578,944£36,701£3,541,290£9536517 December 2025
31 March 2024£2,964,503£27,530£2,761,358£75,940£95,830£3,845£2,778,153£40,996£2,731,787£5,370654 October 2024
31 March 2023£2,309,001£9,196£2,247,120£29,575£13,667£9,443£2,662,962£30,666£2,624,746£7,550653 October 2023
31 March 2022£1,924,211£20,942£1,888,033£10,180£4,258£798£2,513,547£19,836£2,487,361£6,3506512 December 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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