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Ailsa Horizons Ltd

Ailsa Horizons Ltd works with about 45,000 third sector organizations in Scotland, employing over 130,000 staff and supporting 1.2 million volunteers, contributing £3.2 billion annually. The focus of their initiatives is on economic development in rural South Ayrshire. With a core project, “Enterprising Communities,” they emphasize the importance of ensuring that rural areas benefit from economic growth. They prioritize social, economic, environmental, and commercial success, as exemplified by their wind turbine project and transportation solutions, making strides in clean energy and local traffic management.

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Ailsa Horizons Ltd

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  1. Ailsa Horizons Ltd

  2. 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 - Scotland

  3. 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 Third Sector – South Ayrshire

  4. 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” Social Enterprise

  5. Social enterprise established to build on achievements of ‘Girvan Horizons’ • Focus on economic development in Rural South Ayrshire • ‘Core Business’ this year “Enterprising Communities” project (Leader, South Ayrshire Council, Horizons own funds) Ailsa Horizons Ltd

  6. 29.2%(32,648 people) of South Ayrshire’s population live in settlements with fewer than 10,000 people • (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 Rural South Ayrshire

  7. Ailsa Horizons’ “Quadruple bottom line” • Social • Economic • Environmental • Commercial • Business accounting • Generating profits for reinvestment From Grant taking, To Grant making? The bottom line

  8. Wind Turbine

  9. 120m to tip of blade • Generating around 6,800MWh/annum • ‘Clean’ electricity • CO2 reduction c3,300 tonnes/annum (nearly 1.5 Olympic swimming pools) • Income c£650,000/annum • 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) Wind Turbine

  10. Railhead

  11. 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 • 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

  12. Railhead – additional traffic

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