01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039478
- Status
- Not Submitted
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KA26 ONQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To protect the environment around, and to promote the culture and heritage of, the districts through which the Stranraer (via Ayr) - Kilmarnock - Gretna Green (via Dumfries) railway line runs and thus support sustainable development. Through community involvement, education and information, the organisation will support the Stranraer (via Ayr) - Kilmarnock - Gretna Green (via Dumfries) railway line by encouraging rail in preference to road travel and will seek to work with appropriate organisations, permitting the railway to play its part in overcoming physical, financial and social barriers to travel and access to employment, healthcare and social facilities including travel on the line itself to see the natural beauty of the landscape often inaccessible by other means.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To protect the environment around, and to promote the culture and heritage of, the districts through which the Stranraer to Ayr railway line runs and thus support sustainable development. Through community involvement, education and information, the organisation will support the Stranraer to Ayr railway line by encouraging rail in preference to road travel and will seek to work with appropriate organisations, permitting the railway to play its part in overcoming physical, financial and social barriers to travel and access to employment, healthcare and social facilities including travel on the line itself to see the natural beauty of the landscape often inaccessible by other means.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 5 April 2024 | £0 | £1,439 | 0 | 21 March 2025 |
| 5 April 2023 | £56,738 | £54,718 | 0 | 19 March 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | £6,389 | £11,807 | 0 | 22 March 2023 |
| 5 April 2021 | £30,838 | £12,296 | 0 | 17 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
- Beachbank House, Foreland, Ballantrae, South Ayrshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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