01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044195
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 10
- Postcode
- KA1 2BE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Ayrshire Climbing Centre was set up to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across Kilmarnock and the wider West of Scotland through the sport of climbing. The charity began by taking disadvantaged people to climbing walls using a mobile tower, with the aim of improving physical and mental health, confidence and social connection. From the outset, inclusivity was central to its purpose, with a particular focus on those experiencing disadvantage through disability, poverty, ill health or other personal circumstances. In 2023 the charity opened Ayrshire's first purpose-built indoor climbing centre, housed in a converted B-listed former church in Kilmarnock, providing bouldering, roped climbing, a sensory room and a range of outreach facilities. Any surplus generated by the centre is reinvested to fund community programmes and extend the charity's reach to deprived and vulnerable groups across the region.
Charitable purposes
- 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
- Older People
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purposes are to provide recreational facilities and/ or recreational activities in Kilmarnock and other areas in Scotland, to help improve the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended (i.e. those persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage).
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £413,382 | £559,642 | 10 | 27 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £289,728 | £383,676 | 10 | 30 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £922,427 | £1,028,185 | 10 | 24 May 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £1,610,091 | £1,106,626 | 10 | 25 May 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £1,507,111 | £1,240,617 | 10 | 9 March 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
- The Grange Church, Woodstock Street, Kilmarnock
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.ayrshireclimbingcentre.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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