01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037566
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB56 5UA
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 17/12/2014 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by The Community Initiatives Facilitation Assistance Trust which was a Trust registered as a charity since 31/10/2006.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We support community-led initiatives overseas to help poor communities to meet their most critical needs. Our geographical focus is in rural Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi. By working with local community-based organisations, we support sustainable market-based solutions to poverty, such as climate-smart agricultural enterprises through capacity-building, improved irrigation, links to market and cooperative development.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the object is: 1.To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £19,060 | £22,128 | 0 | 29 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £8,060 | £18,043 | 0 | 31 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £13,065 | £8,634 | 0 | 30 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £9,760 | £6,766 | 0 | 27 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £60 | £290 | 0 | 31 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
- Kirkton Cottage, Kirkton of Deskford, Moray
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://cifatrust.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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