01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037325
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 38
- Postcode
- KA89NB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The fundamental purpose of our charity is to promote lifelong learning, health and wellbeing, primarily in South Ayrshire, through football. This aim is summarised in the essential strapline ‘Building a Better Community Through Football’. To achieve this:- We encourage participation in sport for people of all ages, regardless of background or ability. and We pursue a model of sporting excellence to allow talented boys and girls a platform from which to reach their individual goals and play the sport at the highest level.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of public participation in sport
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) To provide, in the interests of social welfare, facilities for recreation and other leisure time activities available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life. (2) To promote community participation in healthy recreation, in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of football and other sports. (3) To promote and protect the wellbeing and physical health of people living in the vicinity of the facilities operated by the company, and to assist in the relief of ill health and the provision of health education for such people. (4) To promote public safety in the interests of the general public, and in particular by promoting initiatives and programmes which are directed towards reducing the incidence of vandalism and other anti-social behaviour by encouraging participation in sports. (5) To help young people to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities, such that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society. (6) To promote training, particularly in such skills as will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment. (7) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other projects and initiatives of a charitable nature.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | £731,110 | £678,370 | 38 | 26 February 2026 |
| 31 May 2024 | £700,301 | £684,897 | 38 | 12 December 2024 |
| 31 May 2023 | £491,059 | £503,233 | 38 | 26 February 2024 |
| 31 May 2022 | £480,405 | £473,032 | 38 | 23 February 2023 |
| 31 May 2021 | £426,024 | £371,578 | 38 | 24 February 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
- Somerset Park , Tryfield Place , Ayr, South Ayrshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.aufa.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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