Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

MAKE 2NDS COUNT

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Data adjusted to reflect year end change

Period ending	30/04/19	30/04/20	30/04/21	31/12/22	31/12/23
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies					£592,901
Other Income
Investment Income				£323	£6,251
Total income	£224,261	£220,085	£412,579	£781,684	£599,977
Charitable activities spending				£503,711	£483,018
Fundraising costs				8%	3%
Other spending
Total spending	£153,053	£128,258	£157,713	£564,456	£501,986
Surplus/deficit	£71,208	£91,827	£254,866	£217,228	£97,991

Established: 7 years

www.make2ndscount.co.uk

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

Purposes

The advancement of health
The saving of lives
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

People with disabilities or health problems

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£17,171
DCMS	£4,950
Foundation Scotland	£4,950
Essex Community Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Make 2nds Count
£2,000	06/06/2023	to support a UK wide patient and family charity dedicated to women and men living with secondary breast cancer
National Lottery Community Fund - 2nds Together – support for people with secondary breast cancer in Scotland
£9,796	12/05/2023	This group will continue to support women with breast cancer and secondary diagnosis. The one-year project will support up to 40 women in two support groups one in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow. The ....more This group will continue to support women with breast cancer and secondary diagnosis. The one-year project will support up to 40 women in two support groups one in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow. The group will additionally continue online support groups of women with breast cancer and their family members.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Make 2nds Count
£1,518	22/10/2022	We plan to pay for up to 40 patients to attend our brand new in-person wellbeing retreats.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,950	07/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Make 2nds Count
£4,950	07/10/2020 10	To provide 75 ?Comfort Boxes? for people living in Scotland going through chemotherapy treatment for Secondary Breast Cancer
National Lottery Community Fund - M2C coronavirous support fund
£7,375	17/04/2020 0	This group will use the funding to provide support to patients and families of people with secondary breast cancer in particular those classed as vulnerable.

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 03/04/2018, number: SC048268

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR21: 204 days late,

Main office

Gyleworks, 34 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB

Objectives

The SCIO shall hold the Trust Fund for Charitable Purposes exclusively. declaring without prejudice to the foregoing generality that the Trustees may apply the Trust Fund exclusively for any or all of the following Charitable Purposes namely: 6.1.1 the advancement of health, the saving of lives and the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, as a result of secondary breast cancer. 6.1.2 for the purposes of benefitting the public and in particular, through education and medical research relating to secondary breast cancer. 6.1 .3 financial support, for individuals or family members of individuals suffering from secondary breast cancer. 6.1.4 the advancement of health and the saving of lives, for individuals suffering from secondary breast cancer. 6.1.5 by developing and assisting the treatment of individuals suffering from secondary breast cancer. 6.1.6 for the benefit of such one or more Charity or Charities as the Trustees in their unfettered discretion may decide. or 6.1.7 for the implementation or assistance in implementing any Charitable Purpose or purposes as the Trustees in their unfettered discretion may decide.

Data Sources

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