01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053096
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 18
- Postcode
- Ky16 9LB
OSCR note: Cosmos Community Centre (SCIO) – SC053096 was established to replace Cosmos Centre – SC010828
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose of Cosmos Community Centre is to support community education and provide facilities for recreation, sport and leisure for people of all ages in St Andrews and the surrounding areas. We advance citizenship and community development by providing opportunities for all members of the community to participate in recreational activity in the interests of social welfare, by providing or organizing of recreational facilities, by providing the Cosmos Centre as a resource for the use and benefit of the community, and by the advancement of education through the provision of education programmes.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- 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
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The key purposes of the Cosmos Centre are: 4.1 The advancement of citizenship and community development by providing opportunities for all members of the community to participate in recreational activity in the interests of social welfare. 4.2 To support 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 by managing the Cosmos Centre as a resource for the use and benefit of the community of St Andrews 4.3 The advancement of education through the provision of education programmes
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 18 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £443,629 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £287,855 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 18 | 11 December 2025 |
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
- Cosmos Community Centre, Abbey Walk, St Andrews, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.cosmoscentre.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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