01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047146
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KA1 1JN
OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Ayrshire Samaritans SC013160 Ayrshire Samaritans intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Ayrshire Samaritans SCIO SC047146 which is a SCIO.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
As an affiliate branch of the main Samaritans charity, we provide listening support to vulnerable people in distress in order to prevent death by suicide. We provide the services by telephone, on-line text, e-mail and face to face meetings. We also offer outreach to local prison and school.
Charitable purposes
- the saving of lives
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Charity are: 3.1 To enable persons in Ayrshire and the surrounding area as well as elsewhere who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those who may be at risk of suicide, to receive confidential emotional support at any time of the day or night in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide. 3.2 To promote a better understanding in society of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional health. and 3.3 To collaborate with and support Samaritans Central Charity and its affiliated branches in fulfilling these Objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £47,167 | £79,449 | 0 | 9 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £105,325 | £77,306 | 0 | 22 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £8,486 | £12,056 | 0 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £14,703 | £13,772 | 0 | 23 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £19,751 | £16,793 | 0 | 3 September 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
- 17 Portland Street, Kilmarnock
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.samaritans.org/branches/ayrshire-samaritans
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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