Finance Score: -18
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
  • Return overdue: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -19 ?

5TH GREENOCK AND DISTRICT SCOUT GROUP

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
  • This charity appears to be dormant
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/08 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21
Total income £1,037 £3,023 £1,351 £1,549 £5,489
Total spending £0 £2,982 £840 £1,030 £1,906
Surplus/deficit £1,037 £41 £511 £519 £3,583
Established: 20 years
Scottish Charity Regulator
This Charity appears to be dormant
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Inverclyde
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 5th Greenock and District Scout Group
£2,787 21/10/2023
We would like to open a dementia-friendly bookshop and café, a safe and welcoming place for the local community to visit. It would also give our members some volunteering they could add to their CVs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/11/2004, number: SC036004
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR19: 276 days late, AR18: 640 days late,
Main office

9 Nelson Street, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, PA15 1TP

Objectives

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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