Charity Details

Voluntary Action South Ayrshire

SC028234Registered charity from 09 September 1998

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Charity Information:

Address Boswell House
10-12 Arthur Street
Ayr
Ayrshire

Postcode KA7 1QJ

Website www.vasa.scot

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The objectives of SALVO are to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community within South Ayrshire and, in particular, the advancement of education, the furtherance of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress by the promotion of voluntary service and developing volunteering within the area

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

VASA is the Third Sector Interface for South Ayrshire and deliver four core functions as prescribed by the Scottish Government and include Volunteering development, Capacity Building, Social Enterprise Development and growth and to ensure that the Third Sector have a strong voice locally. In addition, VASA run a range of services to meet gaps in service delivery.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 09 Sept 1998

Main Operating Location: South Ayrshire

Number of Staff: 29

Number of Charity Trustees: 7

Number of Volunteers: 101-250

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of religion", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage", "the advancement of animal welfare", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"

Beneficiaries: "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"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£679,900	£576,879	06 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£1,110,174	£1,020,383	06 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,122,077	£1,060,316	13 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£1,130,892	£1,004,948	10 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£1,283,740	£1,202,945	09 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
John	Allan
John	Walker
Rachel	Brown
Jeffrey	Whittle
Linda	Muir
Callum	Nicholson
Sharon	Dowey
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