01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC038004
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- KY11 4LF
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 24 November 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC038004 Circle of Comfort, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 27 March 2007
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The aims and objectives of the charity are to offer complementary therapies to diagnosed cancer patients. All patients are treated in their own home or in hospital. Massage, aromatherapy or reflexology treatments are given by one of a network of self-employed therapists to patients in Fife and in Perth and surrounding Perthshire area, free of charge. The charity supports these objectives by way of raising funds, promoting public appeals and receiving contributions. In furtherance of these objectives, the organisation seeks to: - provide and promote relaxation to help patients cope with the illness. provide enhancement of symptoms control and quality of life. provide patients, their family, carers and friends with time, understanding and support. provide support to sufferers of other debilitating illnesses and at other locations, at the discretion of the Organisation's Trustees. The Charity also seeks to advance education with recognised accredited training.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Organisation does not distribute profit and whose principal charity purposes are to (i) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by funding and promoting a network of fully trained and qualified complementary therapists in the Fife area who will provide treatment for diagnosed cancer patients and (ii) to advance education through the provision of and access to appropriate and recognised accredited training.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £22,423 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £28,308 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 3 November 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £53,467 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £25,083 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 30 July 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £30,353 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £22,559 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 29 August 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £20,141 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,408 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 16 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £10,382 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17,860 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 13 September 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
- 153 Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.circleofcomfort.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.