01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048992
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- KA9 1PA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Friends of the Broadway Ltd. is a charity dedicated to restoring and reopening the iconic Broadway Cinema for community use. After 12 years of effort and 5 years since incorporation, we successfully brought the cinema into community ownership this year. Our mission is to preserve this historic asset, making it a hub for culture and local engagement. Through a mix of volunteer efforts (over 5000 hours donated) and strategic funding, we’ve begun essential restoration and organisational development. Our focus is to secure further funding, engage the community, and turn this disused building into a vibrant, community-driven space.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company has been formed to benefit the community of Prestwick and the wider KA9 postcode area (the 'Community'), with the following purposes (the 'Purposes'): To combat social isolation and provide, in the interests of social welfare, facilities for recreation and other leisure, occupational and educational activities available to the public at large within the Community, with the object of improving their conditions of life. and To work towards bringing the Broadway cinema building (80 Main Street, Prestwick) into community ownership, with the intention of operating the facility as a community driven, multi-purpose venue for the use of all residents in the Community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £158,525 | £165,706 | 3 | 4 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £81,204 | £45,903 | 3 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £26,810 | £9,025 | 3 | 15 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £9,264 | £5,082 | 3 | 7 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £8,991 | £11,358 | 3 | 4 October 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 Broadway Cinema, 80 Main Street, Prestwick, South Ayrshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.broadway.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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