OSCR Scottish charity profile

South Ayrshire Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC045677
Registered5 June 2015
Main locationSouth Ayrshire
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045677
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA7 1DR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The purposes of the Trust are: a) the prevention and relief of poverty. and b) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in South Ayrshire. Decisions for the disbursement of funds are delegated to committees of Trustees comprising councillors for the areas of Ayr. Prestwick and Monkton. Troon. Coylton. Maybole. Girvan. and Barr. All funds for Troon, Coylton, Maybole and Barr are now exhausted. The remaining committees convened during the year and after careful consideration of applications and other relevant information, approved disbursements.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

We pay to the Trustees the sum of ONE POUND (£1 .00) STERLING and, except as otherwise specified, direct the Trustees to hold this sum, and such sums of money, stocks and shares and other assets as may from time to time be paid or conveyed to the Trustees by us or other persons and the investments and property from time to time representing the same (all hereinafter referred to as the Trust Fund') as capital and to disburse from the revenue income generated there from, grants and donations as described in the Trust Conditions for the following purposes (hereinafter referred to as the Trust Purposes'): (a) the prevention or relief of poverty. (b) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£3,339£21,582020 November 2025
31 March 2024£929£11,841030 September 2024
31 March 2023£1,507£51,24104 December 2023
31 March 2022£826£39,94206 February 2023
31 March 2021£1,539£101,515016 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
South Ayrshire Council, County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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