01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC038749
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- KY3 0TZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
IFF enables people, communities and organisations to flourish as effective agents in powerful times. We work with complex and often intractable challenges at local, national and global levels, taking a longer and wider view, embracing complexity and uncertainty, and recognising the human capacity for learning and transformation. Our work explores assumptions that limit what people and organisations see as possible, releasing potential to respond to contemporary challenges with practical hope and greater agency. We convene communities for mutual support and learning and deliver practical programmes across areas such as health and care, education and regenerative futures. Our work includes workshops, training, facilitation, publications and partnerships with public sector bodies and civil society organisations. Central to our approach is IFF’s body of theory, practice and methods, which help people understand change, navigate uncertainty and take meaningful action.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote and advance the education of people in the United Kingdom and internationally, to enable them to meet their social and economic aspirations in the face of a complex present and uncertain future. To encourage and facilitate research and practical collaboration in particular in the fields of health, learning, responsible enterprise and governance through meetings, publications and otherwise. To promote education in and development of the capacities required to restore effectiveness in action in the face of contemporary challenges at all levels locally and internationally for the benefit of the public
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £245,422 | £262,041 | 2 | 23 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £382,935 | £371,464 | 2 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £321,840 | £320,425 | 2 | 26 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £305,984 | £250,022 | 2 | 1 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £256,993 | £240,023 | 2 | 21 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
- Silversands, Hawkcraig Road, The Boathouse Unit 1, Aberdour, Aberdour, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.internationalfuturesforum.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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