Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

ALVA PLAY PALS OUT OF SCHOOL CARE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely female
  • 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
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/10/17 31/10/18 31/10/19 31/10/20 31/10/21 31/10/22 31/10/23
Total income £31,745 £43,027 £41,696 £37,354 £34,472 £57,300 £72,750
Total spending £25,302 £29,822 £39,798 £37,038 £39,079 £64,762 £76,796
Surplus/deficit £6,443 £13,205 £1,898 £316 -£4,607 -£7,462 -£4,046
Established: 29 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Clackmannanshire
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (2)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 38-51
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 27/10/1995, number: SC024114
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/1995, number: SC160988
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 19 days late,
Main office

Alva Primary School Community Wing, Alva, Clackmannanshire, FK12 5AN

Objectives

To promote the care and education of children of the residents of Alva and the Hilllfoots ('the Operating Area') in need of care during out of school hours and school holidays and to promote the provision of facilities for the recreation and other leusure time occupations of such children in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life and to enable parents to work or pursue further/higher education or training. To advance education among the residents of the Operating Area, particularly among young people and the unemployed. To promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist residents of the Operating Area in optaining paid employment. To promote, establish and operate other schemes of a chartiable nature for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area. To promote trade and industry, for the benefit of the general public.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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