01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050596
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 9EX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The St Andrews Film Festival is a charity set up to deliver an annual international film festival and competition in St Andrews, Scotland. Its purpose is to showcase outstanding independent films that might not otherwise be seen locally, while creating opportunities for cultural exchange, education, and community engagement through cinema. We do this by curating film screenings, competitions, filmmaker Q&As, workshops, masterclasses, and public events that bring together audiences, students, local residents, and visiting filmmakers. The Festival also acts as a hub where industry professionals, emerging creatives, and semi-professional filmmakers can connect, share ideas, and build future collaborations, including co-productions. Through this work, the charity supports Scottish film culture while fostering a global creative community rooted in dialogue, learning, and inclusion.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science, to promote religious and racial harmony through the acquisition and exhibition of films of artistic and cultural significance by running an annual film festival in the historic town of St Andrews. The film festival aims to provide advocacy for emerging filmmakers by giving them a platform to showcase their work and foster their development in the British film industry. The advancement of education by providing a platform for showcasing amateur, semi-professional and professional films and creating opportunities for productive knowledge exchange between emerging filmmakers and established filmmakers in Scotland and/or the rest of the world, the local academic community, the industry and the public by running industry workshops, masterclasses, conferences and networking receptions, and similar interactive events whether they are online or in person, respectively. 4.2 To collaborate with and support the local Filmmaking societies in Scotland. 4.3 To inspire filmmaking and volunteering amongst the local community, secondary schools, colleges, the University of St Andrews and Scotland.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 May 2025 | £1,079 | £444 | 0 | 12 March 2026 |
| 31 May 2024 | £3,678 | £3,825 | 0 | 20 January 2025 |
| 31 May 2023 | £3,310 | £4,009 | 0 | 16 August 2023 |
| 31 May 2022 | £2,240 | £691 | 0 | 7 March 2023 |
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
- 8/10, Heriot Place
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.saintfilm.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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