Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

KINDRED ADVOCACY

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £477,111 £335,450 £306,528 £399,710 £407,932
Donations & Legacies £44,111 £29,210 £65,229 £66,566 £31,109
Other Income £16,646 £16,555 £16,823 £3,000
Investment Income
Total income £565,903 £381,749 £405,966 £483,099 £412,275 £446,002
Charitable activities spending £523,847 £406,855 £392,760 £378,403 £413,652
Fundraising costs 2% 5% 3% 5% 8% 9%
Other spending
Total spending £536,781 £427,779 £405,490 £401,966 £427,186 £455,394
Surplus/deficit £29,122 -£46,030 £476 £81,133 -£14,911 -£9,392
Established: 34 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
Purposes
  • The promotion of equality and diversity
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

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£130,425
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£45,000
Scottish Government£29,621
People's Postcode Trust£23,708
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£7,751
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kindred Advocacy
£1,538 21/10/2023
Kindred would like to be able to offer more parents the vital emotional support they need at a difficult time in their families lives. We would use funds raised to cover counselling costs for parents.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kindred EPAtS
£7,700 22/06/2023
The grant will be used to deliver the Early Positive Approaches to Support (EPAtS) parenting programme for caregivers of children (5 years and under) with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The project will support families in Edinburgh ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 06/01/2023
Kindred in Fife
People's Postcode Trust - Core Costs Kindred
£23,708 26/02/2022
This funding was used to support our central office core costs, and enabled us to provide vital advocacy and support to parents.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Kindred - supporting parents of children with complex needs
£45,000 23/11/2020
Seeking funding towards core costs contribution to sustain vital services to families of children with a neurological condition, with bases in Edinburgh and Fife and working across Scotland.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Kindred Advocacy - 2
£7,751 28/05/2020
Emergency funding Covid-19 support
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Team support during Covid19
£10,000 19/05/2020
3
This group will use funds to continue their work providing support for families with children with additional support needs in Edinburgh and across the Lothians.
CAF - Grant to Kindred Advocacy
£3,750 15/05/2020
3
Grant to Kindred Advocacy to support the organisation through COVID19
Scottish Government - Kindred Advocacy
£9,161 15/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Kindred Advocacy
£20,460 15/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kindred in Fife
£112,725 10/02/2020
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This group will use the funding to continue the delivery of a support and advocacy service to families of children who have a disability. Over three years this service will benefit 180 families of children with complex medical needs and/or ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kindred Advocacy
£120,000 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' salary of the Advocacy and Information Worker at the 'Exceptional Families Project', providing support to families whose children have exceptional healthcare needs in Scotland
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 18/06/2019
Kindred Fife Project
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/456
£5,000 07/12/2017
Towards the salary of the part-time hospital-based Information, Advocacy Worker.
Robertson Trust - The costs of the Family Support Service at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh.
£57,000 19/09/2017
The costs of the Family Support Service at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Kindred Helpline Service
£31,277 30/11/2016
Our Helpline supports families of children with significant disabilities / complex health conditions. Parents are typically in crisis and feeling confused and/or let down by other agencies. Our expert staff step in to provide information, practical ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Exceptional Families
£148,890 31/10/2016
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This group will use the grant to provide a range of support and advocacy options for families with children who have complex and exceptional healthcare needs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Midlothian. The group will provide direct support and assistance ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Kindred in Fife - promoting resilience for parent carers
£372,800 11/12/2012
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This project will provide practical information, advocacy and emotional support to families of children with additional support needs, increasing the ability of families to cope and feel less isolated in their communities. The project will deliver a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 43-65
  • BARRIE, Huma
    Appointed: 2024
    Occupation: Learning Disability Nurse
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/10/1990, number: SC000264
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/10/2011, number: SC409397
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 St Colme Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6AA

Objectives

To promote the relief of families of children and young people affected by ill-health or disability. and, to promote equality and diversity by advocacy and campaigning on behalf of families of disable children and young people for better access to public facilities.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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