Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BRITISH TEXEL SHEEP SOCIETY LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is completely male
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £426,096 £919,833 £922,949 £845,945 £775,760
Donations & Legacies £400,534 £41,057
Other Income £3,232
Investment Income £5,355 £4,609 £6,457 £14,317 £905
Total income £956,918 £1,042,749 £929,406 £860,262 £798,266 £776,665
Charitable activities spending £277,560 £974,398 £978,212 £674,212 £809,793
Fundraising costs 73% 12% 0%
Other spending £2,089 £61,089 £3,513 £1,836
Total spending £967,877 £1,101,133 £1,039,301 £677,725 £748,806 £811,629
Surplus/deficit -£10,959 -£58,384 -£109,895 £182,537 £49,460 -£34,964
Established: 46 years
(50 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Outwith Scotland
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • Other defined groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (13)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Directors: 32-70
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 16/11/1978, number: SC007271
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/04/1974, number: SC055423
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 74, 4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, CV8 2LG

Objectives

The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science by the encouragement, promotion and improvement of the breeding of Texel Sheep in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or elsewhere and by the maintenance of the purity of the breed and with a view thereto if and so far as may be so thought fit , to purchase, import, breed, hire or otherwise acquire and hold, resell, let out on hire or otherwise deal in Texel sheep whether or British or foreign origin. ii) and the advancement of citizenship or community development by supporting and promoting the interests of those who breed Texel sheep. and (iii) and the advancement of education through the development of individual capabilities, skills and understanding by providing training and broader education inrelation to the farming of Texel sheep.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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