Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

MERKINCH PARTNERSHIP

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board composition very static and has little diversity in terms of age?

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 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23 31/03/24
Total income £246,294 £203,850 £208,662 £215,361 £107,579 £201,857 £112,524
Total spending £212,101 £187,270 £192,319 £222,786 £161,069 £146,082 £154,327
Surplus/deficit £34,193 £16,580 £16,343 -£7,425 -£53,490 £55,775 -£41,803
Established: 13 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Highland
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Scottish Government£86,820
Department for Work and Pensions£33,523
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
CAF£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Merkinch Partnership Ltd.
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Department for Work and Pensions - INVERNESS CROSS CITY YOUTH HUB
£33,523 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the Service Leader. FSF awards are discretionary and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Local Solutions for Local People
£10,000 16/02/2021
11
This group will use the funding to deliver a Merkinch Support Project for people who have the least access to resources to deal with on-going welfare reforms and the impact of Covid-19 by providing information advice resources and practical help.
Scottish Government - Merkinch Partnership
£9,500 28/01/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Merkinch Partnership
£15,390 25/01/2021
Detailed description not provided.
CAF - Grant to Merkinch Partnership
£7,000 02/06/2020
3
Grant to Merkinch Partnership to support the organisation through COVID19
Scottish Government - Merkinch Partnership
£24,450 01/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Merkinch Partnership
£13,100 05/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Merkinch Partnership
£24,380 20/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Walk on the Wild side
£6,790 29/01/2019
12
This group will work with 30 young people aged 16-18 years old who are at risk of social isolation, engaging them in a range of outdoor activities and outings chosen by the young people.
Robertson Trust - The running costs of the Reach for the Future programme
£33,000 13/03/2018
The running costs of the Reach for the Future programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Reach Out Merkinch Activity Group
£148,845 24/04/2017
36
This funding will be used to provide local people with new opportunities for socialising, learning and participating in activities to address issues of social isolation and deprivation. The activities will be aimed at people living in Merkinch who ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Experience
£8,720 25/01/2017
12
Rural Experience
Robertson Trust - the Merkinch Sports Project
£30,000 28/02/2015
the Merkinch Sports Project
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Merkinch Goes Online.
£13,650 01/02/2015
We want to deliver a project in Merkinch which supports local people living in poverty to access online services and resources which will help them to build skills, improve their economic circumstances and give them opportunities to build new links ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 63-77
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 30/12/2011, number: SC042835
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/08/2011, number: SC406449
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

30 Grant Street, Inverness, IV3 8BN

Objectives

1. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. 2. For the public benefit to promote learning by people not in full time employment through the continued development of their individual capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding in subjects of educational value. 3. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. 4. To advance in life and help young people through providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. 5. The prevention or relief of poverty in the Merkinch area of Inverness by providing services to individuals in need. 6. To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Merkinch in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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