01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC038383
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KA22 8EH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our Charity is Community Radio Station broadcasting to the area of Scotland known as the 3 Towns in North Ayrshire. The towns are Ardrossan, Saltcoats, and Stevenston. We are broadcasting one of the most deprived areas of Scotland with high levels of deprivation, unemployment, long term illness, and under age pregnancies, along with drugs and alcohol misuse.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) To advance health, to advance education, to relieve poverty, and to advance citizenship and community development principally for the benefit of the residents of Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardrossan ('the Community') through: (a) Providing training and to engage with the residents of the Community in the design and production of local radio programmes which provide access to healthy lifestyle information, uplifting and educational speech, music of relevance to the Community, and which provide entertainment. (b) Providing public health information and general advice and guidance on health and wellbeing through the medium of a community radio service. (c) Providing training, particularly to unemployed people, and to provide unemployed people with volunteering opportunities, work experience and access to childcare facilities. (d) Providing opportunities for individuals and groups from the Community to broadcast, with an emphasis on young people and adults affected by social exclusion. (e) Providing guidance on the availability of support and advice from statutory bodies, agencies and charities within the Community and to do so without distinction of race, sex or political, religious or other opinions.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | £3,538 | £4,962 | 0 | 15 February 2026 |
| 31 May 2024 | £7,537 | £6,682 | 0 | 10 February 2025 |
| 31 May 2023 | £1,247 | £7,072 | 0 | 15 February 2024 |
| 31 May 2022 | £5,962 | £8,290 | 0 | 17 February 2023 |
| 31 May 2021 | £14,062 | £9,156 | 0 | 19 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
- The Frank Sweeney Centre for Enterprise, 82 - 84 Glasgow Street, , Ardrossan,, Ayrshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.3tfm.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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