AILSA HORIZONS LTD
THIRD SECTOR - SCOTLAND
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Around 45,000 third sector organisations in
Scotland
130,000 paid staff, which is around 5% of
Scotland's workforce
Over 1.2m volunteers
Total turnover around £3.2billion per annum
THIRD SECTOR – SOUTH AYRSHIRE
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About 600 third sector organisations
Providing a wide range of support and services
Locally based and national organisations
Some employ staff, others depend on
volunteers
Over £25m annual turnover
Over 1,000 staff employed
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
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Sub-set of ‘Third Sector’
Defined as:
“… businesses with primarily social objectives
whose profits are reinvested for that purpose in
the business or in the community, rather than
being driven by the need to maximise profit for
shareholders or owners”
AILSA HORIZONS LTD
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Social enterprise established to build on
achievements of ‘Girvan Horizons’
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Focus on economic development in Rural South
Ayrshire
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‘Core Business’ this year “Enterprising
Communities” project (Leader, South Ayrshire
Council, Horizons own funds)
RURAL SOUTH AYRSHIRE
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29.2% (32,648 people) of South Ayrshire’s population
live in settlements with fewer than 10,000 people
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(About 63% – 20,700 people – live in Carrick)
“Securing the Future” - It is important that rural areas
share in the benefits of economic growth, in terms
of employment, housing, public transport and
access to services. In particular, as public and retail
services migrate to urban areas, it is vital to ensure
that rural communities are not disadvantaged in
terms of access to these services
THE BOTTOM LINE
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Ailsa Horizons’ “Quadruple bottom line”
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Social
Economic
Environmental
Commercial
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Business accounting
Generating profits for reinvestment
From Grant taking, To Grant making?
WIND TURBINE
WIND TURBINE
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120m to tip of blade
Generating around 6,800MWh/annum
‘Clean’ electricity
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Income c£650,000/annum
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CO2 reduction c3,300 tonnes/annum (nearly 1.5 Olympic
swimming pools)
Operation and management costs: c£250,000/annum
Loan costs (12 years): c£280,000/annum
Profit: c£120,000/annum (during loan repayment
period)
RAILHEAD
RAILHEAD
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Baseload traffic: 100,000 tonnes of wheat (Selby in
Yorkshire to Wm Grant Distillers)
Carbon savings: c6,000 tonnes/annum
Income c£410,000/annum
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Operation and management costs c£250,000
Loan repayments (10 years) c£130,000
Profit c£30,000/annum (during loan repayment
period)
i.e. the baseload traffic gives a breakeven business
RAILHEAD – ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC
Containers/day, 5 days/week, 50 week year
Inbound
Outbound
total
(containers) (containers)
baseload traffic:
wheat from Yorkshire
strong prospects:
additional wheat
bulk spirit to Bellshill &
ports
Cairnryan traffic
coal to Humberside
wood pellet to Yorkshire
TOTAL
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16
8-10
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3-4
8-10
3-4
3-4
27-30
2-3
1-2
4-5
10-14
5-7
1-2
4-5
37-44