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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

EDINBURGH MERCHANT COMPANY ENTERPRISE FUND LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
Total income £55,906 £32,217 £20,043 £13,293 £22,371 £29,683
Total spending £4,643 £5,398 £5,925 £3,468 £6,654 £16,659
Surplus/deficit £51,263 £26,819 £14,118 £9,825 £15,717 £13,024
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Established: 7 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

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: 65-74
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/04/2017, number: SC047319
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/08/2016, number: SC544235
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Merchants Hall, 22 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EP

Objectives

2.1 The purposes for which the Company is established shall be wholly and exclusively charitable. 2.2 The Company's objects are restricted to those set out in this article 2.2 (subject to article 2.3) and, in particular, the Company's objects are for the benefit of the public in Scotland:- 2.2.1 to prevent or relieve poverty by assisting individuals with securing or providing employment, training and work experience opportunities. 2.2.2 to advance education by creating educational opportunities in the areas of entrepreneurship, vocational training and business enterprise. and 2.2.3 to advance citizenship and community development by encouraging urban and rural regeneration in areas affected by poverty and low employment. 2.3 The Company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the Objects. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the Registrar of Companies.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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