OSCR Scottish charity profile

Break The Silence

ActiveCharity number SC036263
Registered12 January 2005
Main locationEast Ayrshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC036263
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
12
Postcode
KA1 2EB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Break the Silence make a profound and positive difference in the lives of those affected by childhood sexual trauma, their partners and family members. We support all genders, age 13+across East and North Ayrshire. We offer a professional counselling service which was accredited by British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) in January 2024. We work collaboratively at the client’s pace, facilitating positive change through healing to challenge the effects of sexual trauma and to assist post-traumatic growth.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation is established for Charitable Purposes only, and in particular, the charitable purposes are the advancement of education, the advancement of health, and the relief of need of people affected by sexual trauma. To advance these purposes, the organisation seeks to: reduce the psychological and emotional effects of those affected by sexual trauma (regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity) by providing holistic, tailored psychological support. promote and offer support to Clients (people affected by sexual trauma, partners, family members), who can process their traumatic experiences in a professional, confidential safe relational space. promote group activities where Clients can engage with others, reduce loneliness, increase social interaction, improve confidence, self-esteem, self-worth and develop new, trusting relationships. promote wellbeing, and healthy coping strategies for Clients. signpost to other appropriate support agencies to assist with recovery from complex trauma, or for other assistance. provide information and on-going learning and development of staff and volunteers to be trauma-informed. promote education and understanding of the long-term impact of sexual trauma. by carrying out any and all activities in advancement of these Charitable Purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£435,737£448,523122 October 2025
31 March 2024£452,513£465,681128 October 2024
31 March 2023£461,818£460,498126 July 2023
31 March 2022£480,391£460,7831226 August 2022
31 March 2021£526,106£393,0401215 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
Break the Silence, 26 Portland Road, Kilmarnock
Website supplied to OSCR
www.breakthesilence.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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