01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC002364
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 16
- Postcode
- KA7 1BW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We offer information support, advocacy and safe refuge accommodation for women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse. We are committed to upholding and promoting the rights of women, children and young people who either live with or have experience of domestic abuse. Our service aims to increase the health and wellbeing of families and reduce inequalities by providing opportunities and support to help them to move on from their experience of domestic abuse. We work with women, children and young people in relation to the impact of domestic abuse and provide emotional support in the form of one-to-one support and group work. We will also advocate on behalf of women, children and young people to ensure their voice is heard. When women, children and young people access our service, we believe them and validate their experience by listening to them and offering choices. We aim to raise awareness of the impact that living with domestic abuse has.
Charitable purposes
- 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
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To offer support, information to any women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse. (b) the promotion of equality between the sexes. (c) the relief of those in need as a result of having been affected by domestic abuse and particularly to provide temporary refuge for women and children where they have suffered domestic abuse (mental, physical or sexual abuse). (d) To encourage women to determine their own futures and to provide support to help them do so. (e)To seek to provide for the educational and emotional needs of children and young people affected by domestic abuse. (f)To encourage statutory authorities and other agencies to recogn ise their obligations , legal and otherwise, towards women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse and to work towards the prevention of such abuse . (g)To encourage research into the causes, prevention and relief of domestic abuse and to promulgate research results and promote research-based education. (h) To encourage training both for SAWA and other agencies as will best meet the objects of SAWA.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2025 | £644,224 | £698,619 | 16 | 5 November 2025 |
| 30 March 2024 | £656,193 | £643,483 | 16 | 19 November 2024 |
| 30 March 2023 | £641,244 | £626,763 | 16 | 10 October 2023 |
| 30 March 2022 | £730,512 | £596,074 | 16 | 4 November 2022 |
| 30 March 2021 | £937,931 | £534,341 | 16 | 18 October 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
- 28 Sandgate, Ayr
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.southayrshirewomensaid.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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