OSCR Scottish charity profile

Colinsburgh Settlement Trust

ActiveCharity number SC047417
Registered16 May 2017
Main locationFife
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047417
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY9 1LW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Colinsburgh SettlementTrust supports local community group and individuals as well as Colinsburgh Primary School, funding small projects run for the benefit of the community. this year we supported Colinsburgh Town Hall to fund repair work necessary to enable this valuable community resource to continue operating.

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

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

(a) payment of an annual bursary in cash or kind to the Colinsburgh Primary School pupil who has, in the view of the Trustees acting in consultation with the head teacher of the school, done most to enhance the life of the school in that year. declaring that the amount of said bursary shall be at the discretion of the Trustees (b) payment of an annual sum to residents in Colinsburgh who the Trustees consider acting in consultation with the Minister for the Church of Scotland for the Parish of Colinsburgh are in need of financial assistance. declaring that the amount of said sum shall be at the discretion of the Trustees. (c) upkeep and maintenance of the existing Library at Colinsburgh, or other library provision of the like nature to serve the people of Colinsburgh, including the maintenance of its property and library stock. (d) to assist other charitable organisations with purposes similar to the Trust so as to further their charitable purposes within the Colinsburgh area by the provision of financial and/or material assistance. (e) the advancement of any said purposes by the giving of grants or the provision of funding to persons, undertaking projects, initiatives and or activities which are wholly charitable within the meaning of Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 or any statutory amendment or re-enactment of them

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£389£17,454023 June 2025
31 May 2024£556£2,200029 October 2024
31 May 2023£335£3,13802 August 2023
31 May 2022£149£0017 August 2022
31 May 2021£259£0029 August 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
87 Main Street
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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