01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC041464
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 19
- Postcode
- KA7 1NU
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 16 April 2014 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC363209, Company name: Ayr Gaiety Partnership Limited)
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The primary location of the charity's activity is the Gaiety Theatre Ayr, however the organisation delivers services and activity across Ayrshire and on occasion further afield. Significant activities
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To advance the arts (and particularly the performing arts), heritage and culture, primarily within Ayrshire. 4.2 To advance education, in particular informal and formal education linked to, or through the medium of, theatre-related arts and technology, primarily within Ayrshire primarily through (a) the operation of The Gaiety Theatre and other venues in South Ayrshire and (b) the delivery and/or provision of support (whether financial or otherwise) to a range of initiatives, activities and events which further one or more of the above purposes. 4.3 The relief of poverty
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £1,989,235 | £2,100,071 | 19 | 6 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £1,730,627 | £2,085,348 | 19 | 25 October 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £2,141,431 | £1,993,882 | 19 | 24 October 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,852,422 | £1,814,990 | 19 | 30 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,472,825 | £1,346,406 | 19 | 30 September 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
- Gaiety Theatre, Carrick Street , Ayr
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.ayrgaiety.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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