OSCR Scottish charity profile

Common Grounds

ActiveCharity number SC031582
Registered5 May 2001
Main locationPerth And Kinross
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC031582
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY13 9XA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charitable purposes are the prevention or relief of poverty, advancement of education, promotion of health, saving of lives, advancement of community development including rural or urban regeneration, provision of recreational activities with the object of improving living conditions, the promotion of equality and diversity, the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, and the advance of animal welfare, particularly (but not exclusively) in Africa. All proceeds are solely used to support these objectives. Common Grounds fundraising consists primarily of operating a community Coffee shop which provides a focus and convivial meeting place for its volunteers, customers within the local community, and passing visitors to the village.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

To relieve poverty and advance education particularly but not exclusively in Africa and in furtherance thereof Common Grounds shall provide a local focus for fund raising activities and events. This focus shall be principally through the operation of a coffee shop, selling donated goods and fairly traded goods. All proceeds shall be solely used to support its Objectives. The shop shall be staffed and managed principally by volunteers.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£12,484£10,850029 June 2026
30 September 2024£12,597£13,740012 June 2025
30 September 2023£11,302£12,817010 June 2024
30 September 2022£10,535£11,598028 June 2023
30 September 2021£9,417£8,192017 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
59 South Street, Milnathort
Website supplied to OSCR
www.spanglefish.com/commongroundscafecharitycafe
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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