Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

    BALMEDIE LEISURE CENTRE ASSOCIATION (SCIO)

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
    • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
    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 £241,482 £239,959 £66,582
    Donations & Legacies £21,736 £12,000
    Other Income
    Investment Income £24 £12 £176
    Total income £263,242 £253,606 £242,089 £208,532 £321,823 £267,089
    Charitable activities spending £279,984 £263,634 £198,408
    Fundraising costs 13% 22%
    Other spending
    Total spending £279,984 £263,634 £230,010 £27,169 £280,537 £257,388
    Surplus/deficit -£16,742 -£10,028 £12,079 £181,363 £41,286 £9,701
    Established: 38 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community sports activities
    Purposes
    • The advancement of public participation in sport
    • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Aberdeenshire
    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Balmedie Leisure Centre
    £1,028 21/10/2023
    We'd like our fitness suite to have the most up-to-date cardiovascular and weight training equipment to suit all fitness regimes, ages, and abilities.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Balmedie Leisure Centre
    £1,075 22/10/2022
    We would like to create a play area that will challenge and promote children's growth. We want to provide opportunities for them to engage in a variety of different play/social interactions.

    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 19/01/1987, number: SC014478
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 26 March 2014 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC014478 - Balmedie Leisure Centre Management Committee, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 19 January 1987.
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR21: 224 days late, AR20: 279 days late, AR19: 86 days late,
    Main office

    Balmedie Leisure Centre, Elgie Road, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, AB32 8YF

    Objectives

    The organisation is established as non-profit for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: To advance public participation in sport. To provide and organise recreational facilities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, namely the residents of Balmedie and the surrounding areas.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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