OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Hive Kirkcaldy

ActiveCharity number SC053922
Registered21 January 2025
Main locationFife
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053922
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
KY1 1XF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The principal activity of the Charity is to run The Hive LGBT+ Community Hub, the largest in the UK. We provide a number of services to the people of Kirkcaldy and wider Fife. We are funded through grants and money raised from our café and rental of our various rooms to other local groups. Community fridge and pantry – we have fresh and ambient goods available to the community free of charge. Clothing bank – Our clothing bank is very well utilized by single people and families alike. A lot of the clothing is new or nearly new and can be taken free of charge.

Charitable purposes

  • 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 promotion of equality and diversity
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1 Kirkcaldy Hive, hereafter referred to as The Hive, is a non-profit distributing company. It shall deliver services in the Kirkcaldy area of Fife and shall draw the membership from the geographical community. The operating area shall be the following Kirkcaldy Ward areas as defined by Fife Council, as amended • Ward 11- Kirkcaldy Centra. and • Ward 12 - Kirkcaldy East 2 The Hive aims to promote health and wellbeing, both physical and mental, through provision of safe, accessible facilities and a wide range of activities targeted to increase and strengthen community cohesion and to respond to identified need in groups and individuals living in the local area including minority groups. In furtherance of this, the company's objects are: - • The provision of recreational facilities and the organization of recreational activities available to the public at large • The promotion of equality and diversity • The advancement of citizenship and community development • The advancement of health and wellbeing, both physical and mental • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, rural isolation or other disadvantage These aim to improve conditions of life for the persons for whom they are primarily intended. 3 The company's objects are restricted to those set out in Article 1 (but subject to article 4. 4 The company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of statutory bodies) add to, remove, or alter the statement of the company's objects in Article 1. On any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

1 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 January 2026£64,225£0£0£0£0£0£26,180£0£0£0023 October 2026

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
10 whytescauseway, Kirkcaldy, Fife
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.thehivefife.org.uk/
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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