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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

COHOUSING SCOTLAND

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Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22 30/09/23
Total income £414 £19,056 £680 £350 £5,803 £801
Total spending £536 £6,971 £13,021 £355 £5,424 £819
Surplus/deficit -£122 £12,085 -£12,341 -£5 £379 -£18
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Established: 17 years

cohousing.scot

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Fife
Who it helps
  • Older People
  • 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 (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 26-85
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/09/2007, number: SC038745
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/09/2007, number: SC330445
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Smiddybanks Cottage, St Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2SW

Objectives

To advance education with regard to the development and operation of co-housing projects and the social benefits which can be achieved through a co-housing approach, and with particular reference to its application in addressing the special housing needs of older persons. and in furtherance of that aim, to establish and support pilot projects which demonstrate and test the practical application of co-housing schemes.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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