Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

THE AYRSHIRE COMMUNITY TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 25 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/23
Charitable activities £14,138 £11,738 £591,167 £788,903 £495,476
Donations & Legacies £661,541 £570,470 £6,090 £3,295
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £675,679 £582,208 £605,695 £828,070 £557,163
Charitable activities spending £650,762 £551,910 £60,006 £755,557 £595,425
Fundraising costs
Other spending £2,236 £3,155 £536,102 £1,535
Total spending £652,998 £555,065 £596,108 £757,092 £595,425
Surplus/deficit £22,681 £27,143 £9,587 £70,978 -£38,262
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: North Ayrshire
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Government - The Ayrshire Community Trust
£13,800 15/03/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Ayrshire Community Trust, The
£51,140 12/07/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Ayrshire Community Trust, The
£56,130 27/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Ayrshire Community Trust
£3,131 15/11/2019
We want to buy public screening licences to allow us to show films each week during the school summer holidays.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Ayrshire Community Trust
£6,600 27/03/2017
Trinity Church - Past, Present and Future
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Digital Skills Job Club
£14,269 01/02/2015
To provide a twice weekly Digital Skills Job Club aimed at those who do not have access to IT and who struggle to use a computer due to a lack of knowledge and skills. People will be supported on a ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 23-80
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/04/1999, number: SC028874
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2001, number: SC219307
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

27 Vernon Street, Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, KA21 5HE

Objectives

The objects for which TACT is established are: a) To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of Ayrshire, its environs and in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health, the relief of poverty and unemployment. b) To promote and organise cooperation in the achievement of the above purposes and, to that end, bring together in council representatives of voluntary organisations and statutory authorities engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes within Ayrshire and environs. c) To do all other things as will properly attain the above purpose without discrimination

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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