Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

SAILORS ORPHAN SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 42 years
(96 years as a company)

sailorsorphansociety.co.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£89,126	£77,103	£84,395	£56,778	£53,940	£193,759
Total spending	£79,985	£80,340	£72,774	£71,696	£63,692	£71,875
Surplus/deficit	£9,141	-£3,237	£11,621	-£14,918	-£9,752	£121,884

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Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education

Where it operates

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

Who it helps

Children or young people

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Seafarers UK - Grant to The Sailors' Orphan Society of Scotland
£15,000	04/04/2019	Grant funding to support summer and winter enhanced payments to 46 orphans (41 from fishing families and 6 from MN families) of seafarers in Scotland.
Seafarers UK - Grant to The Sailors' Orphan Society of Scotland
£15,000	04/04/2019	Grant funding to support summer and winter enhanced payments to 46 orphans (41 from fishing families and 6 from MN families) of seafarers in Scotland.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 45-69

ABRAM, Andrew Michael Kerr
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Company Director

CUNNINGHAM, Duncan Ian
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Chartered Engineer

DAVIES, Mark John
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Chartered Accountant

DENHOLM, David William Murray
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Company Director

MCCARROLL, John Paul
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Company Director

PHILPOTT, Julie Samantha
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Company Director

SHANKS, Stephen
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 19/11/1981, number: SC000242
Registered at Companies House on 30/09/1927, number: SC014761

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

18 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow, G3 7UL

Objectives

To feed, clothe, educate or otherwise provide support by way of grant to Dependents of Sea-farers who are or may be in a position of need either through disadvantage or through the death or incapacity of one or both of their parents, and. (2) to provide support to disadvantaged young people within Sea-faring Communities in Scotland through undertaking, or providing funds to undertake, community educational, recreational, health or welfare projects for the benefit of young people.

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