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Ayrshire Climbing Centre

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC044195
Status
Active
Registered
Aug. 12, 2013
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
The Grange Church
Woodstock Street
Kilmarnock
KA1 2BE

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'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'

Ayrshire Climbing Centre was set up to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across Kilmarnock and the wider West of Scotland through the sport of climbing. The charity began by taking disadvantaged people to climbing walls using a mobile tower, with the aim of improving physical and mental health, confidence and social connection. From the outset, inclusivity was central to its purpose, with a particular focus on those experiencing disadvantage through disability, poverty, ill health or other personal circumstances. In 2023 the charity opened Ayrshire's first purpose-built indoor climbing centre, housed in a converted B-listed former church in Kilmarnock, providing bouldering, roped climbing, a sensory room and a range of outreach facilities. Any surplus generated by the centre is reinvested to fund community programmes and extend the charity's reach to deprived and vulnerable groups across the region.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Older People','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The organisation's purposes are to provide recreational facilities and/ or recreational activities in Kilmarnock and other areas in Scotland, to help improve the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended (i.e. those persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage).

Geography

Main operating location
East Ayrshire
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Aug. 31, 2025 £413,382 £559,642 10
Aug. 31, 2024 £289,728 £383,676 9
Aug. 31, 2023 £922,427 £1,028,185 9
Aug. 31, 2022 £1,610,091 £1,106,626 3
Aug. 31, 2021 £1,507,111 £1,240,617 2
Aug. 31, 2020 £501,930 £135,446 2