Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

OBAN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22 31/12/23
Total income £24,000 £16,042 £18,708 £10,263 £14,982 £18,123 £17,144
Total spending £26,000 £23,130 £13,702 £5,818 £5,813 £16,495 £11,075
Surplus/deficit -£2,000 -£7,088 £5,006 £4,445 £9,169 £1,628 £6,069
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
Purposes
  • The advancement of religion
  • The promotion of religious or racial harmony
Where it operates
  • Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 49-85
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 10/05/1932, number: SC011117
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/06/2005, number: SC285597
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 320 days late,
Main office

26A Glencruitten Drive, Oban, PA34 4EQ

Objectives

To share the Christian faith through the mission, restoration, preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, beautification and reconstruction of the Congregational Church at Oban, Argyll for the benefit of the people of Oban and Argyll.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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