Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -10 ?

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Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/12/17 30/12/18 30/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22 31/12/23
Total income £66,569 £35,489 £72,512 £52,490 £44,650 £121,508 £52,562
Total spending £54,183 £20,456 £55,856 £16,216 £38,927 £85,223 £83,641
Surplus/deficit £12,386 £15,033 £16,656 £36,274 £5,723 £36,285 -£31,079
Established: 15 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
Purposes
  • The advancement of religion
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 67-72
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/07/2009, number: SC040634
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/06/2009, number: SC361941
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 18 days late,
Main office

1 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1AL

Objectives

The Company's objects are :- 3.1 the advancement of education. 3.2 the advancement of citizenship or community development. 3.3 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. 3.4 the advancement of religion. 3.5 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 3.6 such other charitable object as is charitable, not falling under the preceding sub-clauses and that may reasonably be regarded as similar to any ofthe preceding objects. all with a particular focus to (1) provide an international framework to promote, facilitate and make available services, expertise and knowledge furthering the foregoing objects, (2) create the international basis for appropriate services and support for evangelical schools and higher education organisations in Israel, (3) create an international network of evangelical biblical archaeologists with an international centre, (4) facilitate and connect access between international and Israeli resources and services furthering the foregoing objects and (5) promote, advocate and facilitate the foregoing objects internationally through the management of an international network of friends and partners.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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