Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Overall weighted support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

    ITALIAN SCOTLAND SCIO

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 28/02/18 28/02/19 28/02/20 28/02/21 28/02/22 28/02/23 28/02/24
    Total income £16,733 £8,821 £13,404 £332 £5 £3,597 £6,702
    Total spending £8,504 £12,446 £14,118 £2,275 £417 £4,370 £10,942
    Surplus/deficit £8,229 -£3,625 -£714 -£1,943 -£412 -£773 -£4,240
    Established: 11 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: South Lanarkshire
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other charities or voluntary bodies

    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
    Foundation Scotland - Land Sea & Sky
    £3,000 11/08/2022
    9
    To cover the cost of running land, sea and sky themed events
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Gallan Head Community Trust
    £2,000 22/01/2020
    0
    to contribute towards upgrading the Community Hub kitchen and purchasing new shelving for displaying arts and crafts items.

    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 13/02/2014, number: SC044660
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    C/o John Di Mambro & Co. , 16 Muir Street, Hamilton, ML3 6EP

    Objectives

    4.1 To promote Italian heritage , language & citizenship 4.2 To coordinate a calendar of activities which have the aims of promoting Italian heritage , language & citizenship. 4.3 To communicate our activities and other events via our electronic newsletter & website to as wide an audience as possible that are interested in Italian culture 4.4 To work together to enhance the status and standing of the Italians in Scotland and to generally carry on such activities as will lead to a better understanding between the UK & Italy .

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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