Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION LERWICK BRANCH

Analysis by Giving is Great

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/10/16	31/10/18	31/10/19	31/10/20	31/10/21	31/10/22	31/10/23
Total income	£17,507	£14,147	£14,765	£11,137	£67,895	£34,898	£32,831
Total spending	£30,477	£44,198	£28,376	£20,311	£76,231	£31,817	£26,425
Surplus/deficit	-£12,970	-£30,051	-£13,611	-£9,174	-£8,336	£3,081	£6,406

Established: 23 years

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Shetland Islands

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?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 08/08/2001, number: SC031917

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

72 Commercial Road, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0NL

Objectives

Relief of poverty

Data Sources

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