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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

CARGILFIELD SCHOOL

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/07/17 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
Charitable activities £3,944,740 £4,173,327 £3,756,279 £3,614,708 £3,960,506 £4,507,097
Donations & Legacies £9,430 £36,392 £3,506 £10,445
Other Income £100,238 £76,624
Investment Income £19,378 £25,522 £15,389 £1,925 £2,797 £27,629
Total income £3,760,070 £3,982,163 £4,252,136 £3,884,042 £3,709,785 £4,045,402 £4,639,629
Charitable activities spending £3,713,475 £3,814,406 £3,801,372 £3,921,309 £4,244,772 £4,908,918
Fundraising costs 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 1% 1%
Other spending
Total spending £3,518,845 £3,732,441 £3,837,175 £3,805,902 £3,924,611 £4,281,384 £4,948,943
Surplus/deficit £241,225 £249,722 £414,961 £78,140 -£214,826 -£235,982 -£309,314
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Established: 33 years
(77 years as a company)

www.cargilfield.com

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Support for specific schools
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 53-66
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC005757
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/02/1947, number: SC025080
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Chiene & Tait LLP, 61 Dublin Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6NL

Objectives

The objects of the School are: to carry on in Scotland, the United Kingdom or elsewhere schools and colleges for boys and girls of all age groups, whether on a boarding or day school basis. to provide for this purpose all appropriate educational, sporting and residential facilities. and to promote education generally.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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