OSCR Scottish charity profile

Kinghorn Community Land Association

ActiveCharity number SC050496
Registered24 September 2020
Main locationFife
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050496
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY3 9YG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

A Scottish based charity with its mission to protect the environment by acquiring and/or conserving land assets around Kinghorn for the public benefit and to aid community regeneration in a way that respects our rural environment.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • 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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 Kinghorn Community Land Association is a non-profit distributing company. The Company has been formed to benefit the Community of Kinghorn as defined by Kinghorn Community Council Boundary (the Community), with the Purposes listed in the sub-articles hereto (the Purposes), to be exercised following the principles of sustainable development (where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs), namely: (a) to provide or advance the accessibility of recreational, facilities, and/or organising recreational activities, which will be available to members of the Community and public at large with the object of improving the conditions of life of the Community. (b) advancement of citizenship or Community development, including rural or urban regeneration. (c) To advance the provisions for educational opportunities in the Community relating to environment, culture, heritage and/or history (d) To advance environmental protection or improvement including preservation, sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment, the maintenance, improvement or provision of environmental amenities for the Community and/or the preservation of buildings or sites of architectural, historic or other importance to the Community. (e) Where it is in the community’s best interests, pursue ownership of and to manage land for the benefit of the community of Kinghorn. (e) Where it is in the community’s best interests, pursue ownership of and to manage land for the benefit of the community of Kinghorn, but only where this is done in furtherance of the foregoing charitable purposes (f) The advancement of health (public health) (g) The relief of those in need (primarily those people disadvantaged due to bereavement)

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£37,736£40,103029 December 2025
31 March 2024£1,672£3,570030 December 2024
31 March 2023£9,909£15,452011 December 2023
31 March 2022£47,209£26,729023 January 2023
31 March 2021£100£4,056030 November 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
c/o The Ecology Centre , Kinghorn, Fife, Fife
Website supplied to OSCR
www.kcla.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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