01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043442
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 342
- Postcode
- KY2 6NA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Fife Cultural Trust’s principal activity is the provision of cultural services for Fife. It is responsible for community development in the creative and cultural fields and for operating and delivering the following facilities and services: • Libraries. inclusive of mobile libraries and a home delivery service. • Maintenance and development of library services within Fife Council’s four integrated customer service facilities. • Museums, galleries, archives and local studies, heritage sites, and a mobile museum. • Stewardship and care for the objects and archives in Fife Council’s collections. • Theatres and community venues. • A Creative Development team to drive innovation, cultural collaboration, volunteering, sponsorship and funding. • Marketing & Customer Engagement to best profile and promote these services while driving sales and analysing customer data.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company’s objects are: • To advance public participation in Cultural Activities primarily within the Operating Area. • To provide, or assist in the provision of, Cultural Facilities and to organise Cultural Activities, primarily within the Operating Area, with such facilities and activities being made available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their quality of life. • To provide accessible and affordable opportunities for all members of the general public in Fife to participate in Cultural Activities and access the Cultural Facilities. • To advance education and learning, primarily within the Operating Area, particularly as it relates to Cultural Activities. • To advance citizenship and community development through Cultural Activities, primarily within the Operating Area. and • To advance health, primarily within the Operating Area, in particular through public participation in Cultural Activities, through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by the Council), which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily for the wellbeing of residents of the Operating Area) including: a) the operation, management and development of facilities for the delivery of Cultural Activities (including arrangements to facilitate access to such facilities by those on lower incomes or with special needs and to encourage wider participation in Cultural Activities). b) the development and delivery of Cultural Activities and events directed towards wider participation in such activities. c) the delivery of services focused on social renewal and the needs of young people.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £14,419,409 | £14,800,570 | 342 | 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £14,064,043 | £13,547,153 | 342 | 4 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £12,711,610 | £13,596,382 | 342 | 8 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £10,200,559 | £11,782,800 | 342 | 21 February 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £11,035,848 | £10,686,389 | 342 | 12 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
- Iona House, John Smith Business Park, Grantsmuir Road, Kirkcaldy
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.onfife.com
- 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.