Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

    WOMEN'S FUND FOR SCOTLAND

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
    • 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 01/04/20 01/04/21 01/04/22 01/04/23
    Total income £701,977 £196,187 £123,302 £101,526
    Total spending £329,067 £170,724 £127,411 £143,085
    Surplus/deficit £372,910 £25,463 -£4,109 -£41,559
    UN SDGs
    ?
    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
    • Practical support, advice & companionship
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','the promotion of equality and diversity','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/04/2019, number: SC049217
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    17-21 East Mayfield, EDINBURGH, EH9 1SE

    Objectives

    1.1to promote equality and diversity for women and girls in Scotland by increasing awareness of the value of investing in women and girls, raising funds for such investment and coordinating with other funders working for the same aims. 1.2to advance citizenship and community development for women and girls throughout Scotland by assisting community groups working with them with funding and other resources and by advancing women?s leadership and innovation. 1.3to prevent and relieve poverty among women and girls. 1.4 to advance education and increase skills and confidence among women and girls. 1.5to advance physical and mental health among women and girls 1.6to advance arts, culture or science among women and girls. 1.7to advance participation in sport by women and girls. 1.8to advance environmental protection or improvement by women and girls. and . to relieve women and girls in need by virtue of age, mental and physical health, disability or poverty.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator

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