Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -10 ?

DUNFERMLINE ASK

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/04/17 30/04/18 30/04/19 30/04/20 30/04/21 30/04/22 30/04/23
Total income £9,978 £70,681 £7,647 £4,946 £2 £284 £4,013
Total spending £8,503 £10,722 £9,493 £7,496 £1,467 £1,401 £2,904
Surplus/deficit £1,475 £59,959 -£1,846 -£2,550 -£1,465 -£1,117 £1,109
Established: 20 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Other congregations
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion
  • The advancement of health','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Fife
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?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 67-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 13/04/2004, number: SC035437
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/04/2004, number: SC266403
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Torridon House, Torridon Lane, Rosyth, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 2EU

Objectives

To advance the religion and religious philosophy of spiritualism by the holding of religious services for public worship including the demonstration of clairvoyance, trance, physical and healing mediumship and to relieve the sickness of the public by spiritual healing.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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