OSCR Scottish charity profile

Skelmorlie Brown-Hoyes Memorial Trust

ActiveCharity number SC014748
Registered8 May 1944
Main locationNorth Ayrshire
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC014748
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PA17 5DS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

With the aid of a Fund Manager (Rathbones) the Trust is set up to manage the Trust Fund which is used if necessary to maintain the trusts assets of Library and Community Centre in partnership with North Ayrshire Council.

Charitable purposes

  • 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 makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the village of Skelmorlie and its environs without distinction of political, religious or other opinions by the provisions of, or assistance in the provision of, facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation' the interest of social welfare, and in particular by the provision and maintenance of library and Community Centre facilities with accommodation for a Caretaker or Janitor, with the object of improving the conditions of life of the persons for whom such facilities are primarily intended, being the persons who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, provided always that any such facilities shall be available to members of the public at large, which shall be deemed by the Trustees in their absolute discretion to be necessary or beneficial including without prejudice to the foregoing generality provision for the replacement, alteration or extension of the facilities and payment of the costs of maintenance, heating, lighting, rates, insurance and the expenses of employment of a Caretaker or Janitor.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£18,563£6,57804 November 2025
5 April 2024£18,813£6,00604 November 2024
5 April 2023£17,167£5,93807 October 2023
5 April 2022£15,518£6,314020 October 2022
5 April 2021£12,889£2,77302 December 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
Lonfern, 5 Longhill, Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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