Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

CARE & REPAIR FORUM SCOTLAND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23 31/03/24
Total income £130,001 £191,559 £191,556 £130,005 £1,273,000 £130,310 £130,031
Total spending £136,341 £149,852 £149,852 £142,501 £1,274,015 £130,608 £167,455
Surplus/deficit -£6,340 £41,707 £41,704 -£12,496 -£1,015 -£298 -£37,424
Established: 24 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 49-71
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/01/2001, number: SC031022
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/01/2001, number: SC214681
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

135 Buchannan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JA

Objectives

1.2.1 'The objects for which the company is established are charitable (being 'charitable' for the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Taxes Acts, including any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) and are to promote, advance and further the following charitable purposes (a) the advancement of health (b) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disbaility, financial hardship or other disadvantages. through operating to promote and assist organisations throughout Scotland which provide services to persons who are elderly or infirm or disabled by assisting with the arranging or repairs or improvements or works of maintenance to be carried out to the houses of such people'

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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