Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

    COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF PLANNERS

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    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 £31,500 £50,608 £32,451 £142,970 £31,952 £67,730 £35,832
    Total spending £22,666 £52,251 £33,262 £97,073 £52,391 £53,828 £68,229
    Surplus/deficit £8,834 -£1,643 -£811 £45,897 -£20,439 £13,902 -£32,397
    Established: 21 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Scientific research and testing services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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 10/06/2003, number: SC034482
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    c/o RTPI Scotland, 18 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 8HQ

    Objectives

    3. PURPOSES The purpose of the Association is to advance the Art and Science of Planning (including urban, regional and spatial planning) across the Commonwealth for the benefit of the public.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator

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