OSCR Scottish charity profile

Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society

Known as APOS

ActiveCharity number SC016729
Registered11 October 1963
Main locationSouth Ayrshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC016729
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA18 1UD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

APOS engages with the local community to educate and entertain in musical theatre by producing an annual production.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The object of the Society is to advance the education of the public by the study and performance of light opera, operetta, the works of Gilbert and Sullivan and other approved musical productions.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£43,654£37,725030 September 2025
31 December 2023£37,029£31,872022 September 2024
31 December 2022£31,627£28,115026 September 2023
31 December 2021£3,092£4,031012 May 2022

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
46 Robbiesland Drive, Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ayrshirephilharmonic.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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