Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Overall weighted support: +12
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23 31/03/24
    Charitable activities £13,095,720 £14,361,876 £14,515,556 £63,709,824 £11,390,009 £5,475,927
    Donations & Legacies £1,102,147 £1,103,923 £1,671,840 £1,266,980 £1,438,054
    Other Income
    Investment Income £1,275 £5,721 £8,302 £2,687 £256,744 £575,240
    Total income £14,199,142 £15,471,520 £16,195,698 £64,979,491 £14,880,455 £12,654,627 £7,489,221
    Charitable activities spending £13,974,008 £15,052,558 £14,352,842 £31,776,708 £15,694,277 £13,143,187
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £13,974,008 £15,052,558 £14,352,842 £31,776,708 £28,890,610 £15,694,277 £13,143,187
    Surplus/deficit £225,134 £418,962 £1,842,856 £33,202,783 -£14,010,155 -£3,039,650 -£5,653,966
    Established: 81 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    William Grant Foundation£130,000
    Esmee Fairbairn£110,094
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£100,000
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations£12,700
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
    £47,094 01/05/2024
    24
    Towards project costs supporting strategic digital capability in the Scottish Voluntary Sector
    William Grant Foundation - Growing Climate Confidence 2024/25
    £25,000 21/02/2024
    12
    A contribution, alongside other funders, to a year-long programme of awareness-raising, support. and insight gathering regarding Scottish third sector organisations' contribution to net zero and other forms of climate action, including their role in ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
    £3,000 13/02/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
    William Grant Foundation - Scottish Third Sector Tracker - extension
    £10,000 06/12/2022
    Towards the cost of commissioning a further four rounds of a quarterly survey of a representative sample of Scottish third sector organisations to monitor how the sector is faring in response to the challenging external environment. Key words: ....more
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Project name
    £9,000 01/01/2022
    Detailed information not yet available.
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Project name
    £3,200 01/01/2022
    Detailed information not yet available.
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
    £60,000 17/06/2021
    Towards unrestricted core costs to catalyse and accelerate the adoption and use of good digital services by voluntary sector organisations of all sizes in Scotland
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Digital skills in Scotland’s voluntary sector
    £100,000 20/05/2021
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership body for Scotland's voluntary sector. This grant supports SCVO to provide an ‘open door’ support programme for the Scottish voluntary sector, prioritising smaller ....more
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - AWARDED Digitally Digital People
    £500 17/05/2021
    Detailed information not yet available.
    William Grant Foundation - Digital evolution programme
    £50,000 15/03/2021
    12
    A programme of diagnostic and training support for third sector organisations in Scotland supporting their use of digital tools and ways of working. The grant will enable SCVO to step-up its free digital capacity-building activities for sector ....more
    William Grant Foundation - Scottish Third Sector Tracker study
    £20,000 30/11/2020
    18
    Towards the cost of commissioning six rounds of a quarterly survey of a representative sample of Scottish third sector organisations to monitor the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and other events during 2021 and 2022. Key words: Research, ....more
    William Grant Foundation - Coronavirus Digital Quick Response Fund
    £25,000 25/03/2020
    6
    A fund for re-granting to organisations to assist with the costs of moving to remote and digital working as a result of the coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions.
    National Lottery Community Fund - One Digital
    £678,052 20/09/2015
    15
    SCVO receives £528,219 to develop and assess the contribution that existing frontline third sector organisations can make. It will improve the skills of up to 2,000 people, develop digital champions and improve the online skills of 250 voluntary ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - One Digital
    £16,450 23/06/2015
    7
    One Digital
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/03/1944, number: SC003558
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 03/07/14 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC 024591], company name: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations)
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB

    Objectives

    4.1 To promote the voluntary sector, and the effectiveness and efficiency of charities. 4.2 To advance education, and particularly in relation to (a) matters connected with the establishment, operation and governance of voluntary organisations, (b) the impact of voluntary sector organisations in promoting economic and social wellbeing and (c) issues which are of particular concern to voluntary organisations. And, in each case, with a particular focus on voluntary organisations operating in Scotland

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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