OSCR Scottish charity profile

International Fire & Rescue Association

ActiveCharity number SC033401
Registered11 September 2002
Main locationFife
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC033401
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY12 9FH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

IFRA helps Fire and Emergency Services worldwide by providing redundant Fire and Rescue vehicles, Ambulances and equipment and Personal Protective Equipment. We provide training and support either in these countries or by bringing the recipients here to receive training allowing them to be better trained to Save lives in the respective countries.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To promote the preservation and protection of life from fire in countries throughout the world which are or have been affected by war and/or Civil unrest.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£84,682£55,070014 January 2026
30 April 2024£28,672£58,12207 January 2025
30 April 2023£117,868£88,90904 December 2023
30 April 2022£59,542£53,67205 February 2023
30 April 2021£18,165£17,636017 January 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
17 Cairns Crescent, Dunfermline
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ifra.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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