# Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC042334
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** May 25, 2011
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC042334


## Contact

- **Address:** Thorn House, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH2 2PR
- **Website:** www.sift.scot



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It does none of these'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement'

**What the charity does:** The Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust is a Scottish charity established in 2011 to promote the sustainable management of Scotland’s inshore waters (which lie within 12 miles of the coast). We aim to ensure that the diversity and abundance of life in these waters is protected and restored and provides the maximum long term social and economic benefits to all coastal communities.

**Beneficiaries:** 'Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

**Objectives:** (1)	The promotion for public benefit of the conservation and restoration of the natural ecosystems of Scotland’s inshore waters. (2)	The promotion for public benefit of the sustainable development of Scotland’s inshore marine resources.  Sustainable development being defined as: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. (3)	To educate the public and any association, company, local authority, administrative, or government agency or public body or representative body in: a.	Scotland’s inshore marine aquatic ecosystems,  including their fauna, flora, habitat and morphology and their relationship with economic and social activities including inshore fisheries management. and b.	The benefits of protecting, conserving, rehabilitating and improving Scotland’s inshore marine environment. (4)The advancement for public benefit of environmental protection or improvement by promoting the thinking and practice of sustainable management of inshore waters





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £262973 | £203271 |  -  | 3 |  |
| May 31, 2024 | £211735 | £205171 |  -  | 3 |  |
| May 31, 2023 | £105251 | £147528 |  -  | 3 |  |
| May 31, 2022 | £167828 | £158359 |  -  | 0 |  |
| May 31, 2021 | £99860 | £115553 |  -  | 2 |  |