OSCR Scottish charity profile

Beith Community Development Trust

ActiveCharity number SC043155
Registered15 May 2012
Main locationNorth Ayrshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043155
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
35
Postcode
KA15 1HD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Beith Community Development Trust exists to improve the quality of life and opportunities for people in Beith (KA14 and KA15). We regenerate and manage community assets and facilities. provide affordable opportunities for sport, recreation and physical and mental wellbeing. support community participation, learning and employability. and help people experiencing hardship or complex circumstances. We do this by operating community and sports facilities, delivering local projects and support services, securing grants, working with volunteers and partner organisations, and using appropriately governed subsidiary companies where this supports our charitable aims. Our work responds to local needs and is carried out in ways that support sustainable development.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

4 The company has been formed to benefit principally the community of BEITH which comprises the postcode units KAI4, KA15 (“the Community”) with the following objects: 4.1 To advance citizenship and community development in Beith through the maintenance, regeneration and improvement of the communities’ physical, economic, social and cultural infrastructure 4.2 To advance community participation in sport and physical activity by providing local access (either free of cost or at reduced cost) to a varied range of opportunities, both formal and informal 4.3 To advance community health and well-being by promoting a culture of physical and mental well-being through providing opportunities, (either free of cost or at reduced cost) to access expertise, knowledge, support and activities which result in the adoption of lifelong healthy habits 4.4 To provide, operate / manage a recreational centre(s) providing facilities for sport, health and physical and mental well-being, which may include healthy refreshment facilities 4.5 To advance education in the following fields, health, physical and mental wellbeing, sports education and the environment. 4.6 The prevention or relief of poverty by providing employability related education, coaching, and training. whilst also supporting individuals who are affected by complex life situations to be equipped to interact with others, deal with hardship and undertake activities of meaningful purpose or employment

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£861,257£881,3893527 July 2026
31 March 2025£795,773£815,3653518 December 2025
31 March 2024£820,597£934,6573528 December 2024
31 March 2023£675,922£779,9303527 December 2023
31 March 2022£1,006,560£730,1263529 December 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
Geilsland House , Geilsland Road , Beith, Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.beithtrust.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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