Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEST LOTHIAN 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
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 £1,330,177 £1,452,065 £1,458,763 £1,198,002 £1,567,553
Donations & Legacies £2,787 £8,463 £4,312 £832 £7,226
Other Income £6,319 £299,052
Investment Income £3,524 £4,293 £1,884
Total income £1,388,458 £1,493,670 £1,498,825 £1,505,103 £1,359,096 £1,600,776
Charitable activities spending £1,435,223 £1,635,306 £1,492,585 £1,302,860 £1,473,823
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £1,435,223 £1,635,306 £1,492,585 £1,302,860 £1,321,414 £1,473,823
Surplus/deficit -£46,765 -£141,636 £6,240 £202,243 £37,682 £126,953
Established: 35 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: West Lothian
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
William Grant Foundation£147,000
BBC Children in Need£99,560
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£45,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
William Grant Foundation - Play Works Conference 2023
£3,000 12/05/2023
Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request from Cattanach to co-fund Play Work's conference for play and family support workers in September 2023.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Play Works Mobile
£45,000 24/11/2022
A contribution to the mobile project, which uses a play-based approach to improve people’s outcomes and wellbeing and create as positive a home environment as possible for children growing up. To ....more
William Grant Foundation - General operating support 2022-24
£84,000 15/06/2022
24
Unrestricted funding to support the core costs of this family support charity over two years. Keywords: play, outdoor learning.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family and Community Development West Lothian
£99,560 10/08/2021
Weekly indoor and outdoor play sessions and residentials, for children and young people living in an area with many disadvantages. This inclusive project will help them to be happier and healthier, ....more
William Grant Foundation - General operating support 2019-2021
£60,000 10/12/2019
24
Unrestricted funding to support the core costs of this family support charity over two years.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family and Community Development West Lothian
£105,024 11/10/2016
36
Weekly activity clubs, a holiday programme and residential trips, for children and young people living in an area with many disadvantages. This inclusive project will help them to be happier and ....more
Corra Foundation - PDI-16/406
£32,114 07/04/2016
to continue to support the salaries and running costs of the Dale Hub working with children and families affected by parental substance issues
Robertson Trust - The Armadale Community Garden Project
£18,000 30/04/2015
The Armadale Community Garden Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Range Adventure Playground Improvement Plan
£60,258 25/03/2014
24
This one year project will modernise the facility's log cabin building; replacing the tower slide and the bridge entrance way to the playground space. This will allow better use and access to an ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family and Community Development West Lothian
£49,376 01/02/2014
This project will run play sessions and after school activities for children living in families facing multiple challenges in Armadale. Children will have more play opportunities be happier healthier ....more
Foundation Scotland - Minibus Purchase
£10,000 07/01/2010
To purchase a minibus.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 31-51
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/03/1989, number: SC000843
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/06/1996, number: SC166084
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

1-3 Henderson Place, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 6EY

Objectives

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of West Lothian and environs and in particular parents and children by associating with the residents, voluntary organisations and local authorities in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. To secure the establishment of family centre premises for education, training, childcare and community business development, including The Range Adventure Playground to develop activities as described above.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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