Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

AYR UNITED FOOTBALL ACADEMY LTD 

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
Established: 18 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/05/17 31/05/18 31/05/19 31/05/20 31/05/21 31/05/22
Charitable activities £456,663 £461,007 £404,777 £425,924
Donations & Legacies £590 £100 £100 £100
Other Income
Investment Income £151 £96
Total income £442,085 £481,501 £495,636 £421,508 £426,024 £480,405
Charitable activities spending £501,786 £491,930 £403,844 £370,564
Fundraising costs 0% 3% 1%
Other spending £1,879 £1,014
Total spending £464,967 £502,762 £507,319 £409,952 £371,578 £473,032
Surplus/deficit -£22,882 -£21,261 -£11,683 £11,556 £54,446 £7,373
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
Purposes
  • The advancement of public participation in sport
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: South Ayrshire

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
William Grant Foundation - Football for Life Programme 2022-2024
£70,000 30/11/2022
Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for continued funding for Football for Life, its programme of community activities which help a wide range of people to be active, improve their ....more
William Grant Foundation - Football for Life Programme 2020-22
£50,000 03/09/2020
24
Ayr United Football Academy (AUFA) delivers sport, through football, to the local community. It encourages participation in sport amongst people of all ages and abilities via a varied community ....more
Foundation Scotland - Football coaching
£8,627 23/01/2020
To offer football coaching during school, summer sessions and after school sessions.
William Grant Foundation - Football for Life Programme
£25,000 15/05/2019
12
Ayr United Football Academy (AUFA) delivers sport, through football, to the local community. It encourages participation in sport amongst people of all ages and abilities via varied community ....more
Robertson Trust - The Kick on to Work Programme
£30,000 27/06/2018
The Kick on to Work Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 03/05/2017
Girls and Women's Section Development Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 47-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/12/2005, number: SC037325
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/12/2005, number: SC294025
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Allenfield Road, Ayr, Ayrshire, KA73JN

Objectives

(1) To provide, in the interests of social welfare, facilities for recreation and other leisure time activities available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life. (2) To promote community participation in healthy recreation, in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of football and other sports. (3) To promote and protect the wellbeing and physical health of people living in the vicinity of the facilities operated by the company, and to assist in the relief of ill health and the provision of health education for such people. (4) To promote public safety in the interests of the general public, and in particular by promoting initiatives and programmes which are directed towards reducing the incidence of vandalism and other anti-social behaviour by encouraging participation in sports. (5) To help young people to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities, such that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society. (6) To promote training, particularly in such skills as will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment. (7) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other projects and initiatives of a charitable nature.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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