OSCR Scottish charity profile

North Ayrshire Ventures Trust

ActiveCharity number SC029608
Registered25 November 1999
Main locationNorth Ayrshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC029608
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA12 8EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The principal activities of the Trust are the relief of poverty, promotion of skills and education, advancement of citizenship and community development and the promotion for public benefit, of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social or economic deprivation in North Ayrshire, During the year to 31 March 2025 the Trust has continued to utilise the income from investment properties to provide grant support to a variety of Community Groups and Social enterprises in furtherance of its main objectives with 12 awards totalling £307,437 being approved across the year. In addition, the trust continued to commit funds transferred from the former Irvine Bay Urban Regeneration Company in support of a range of regeneration projects within the geographical area covered by the former Company. A total of £8,957,466 of grants and match funding has been approved to date.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are: 4.1 To relieve poverty among the residents of the Operating Area. 4.2 To advance education among the residents of the Operating Area particularly among the unemployed. 4.3 To promote training in skills of all kinds, pmticularly such skills as will assist residents of the Operating Area in obtaining paid employment. 4.4 The advancement of citizenship or community development in terms of Section 7(2)(1) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. and 4.5 To promote other scheme ofa charitable nature for the benefit of the residents of the Operating Area

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£610,462£431,644016 December 2025
31 March 2024£621,137£768,604013 December 2024
31 March 2023£435,694£276,96808 December 2023
31 March 2022£334,465£461,266019 December 2022
31 March 2021£412,966£409,04408 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
North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, North Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/home.aspx
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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