01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC028874
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 13
- Postcode
- KA21 5HE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Ayrshire Community Trust (TACT) exists to strengthen communities, reduce inequality, and empower people across North Ayrshire. We do this by supporting individuals, volunteers, and local organisations to thrive. Our work includes delivering employability programmes, wellbeing support, digital inclusion, community development and person-centred assistance through projects such as Positive Pathways, the Kindness Krew, and Saltcoats Link Up. As a partner in the Third Sector Interface, we provide training, governance guidance, funding support, volunteer development, and capacity-building for community groups. We also help organisations take ownership of local buildings and land through Community Asset Transfer. By bringing people together, offering practical and emotional support, and enabling community-led action, we help create connected, confident and resilient communities where everyone has the opportunity to participate and succeed.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which TACT is established are: a) To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of Ayrshire, its environs and in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health, the relief of poverty and unemployment. b) To promote and organise cooperation in the achievement of the above purposes and, to that end, bring together in council representatives of voluntary organisations and statutory authorities engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes within Ayrshire and environs. c) To do all other things as will properly attain the above purpose without discrimination
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £710,159 | £633,055 | 13 | 17 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,096,435 | £924,988 | 13 | 14 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £557,163 | £595,425 | 13 | 5 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £774,957 | £701,705 | 13 | 14 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £828,070 | £757,092 | 13 | 21 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
- 27 Vernon Street, Saltcoats, North Ayrshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.tact.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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