Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

GLASGOW CITY MISSION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 92 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/06/17 30/06/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22
Charitable activities £5,262 £56,146 £136,991 £72,672
Donations & Legacies £1,681,780 £1,639,677 £1,643,399 £1,534,384
Other Income £4,224 £68,825 £8,798
Investment Income £13,278 £7,768 £17,657 £17,377 £10,795
Total income £1,169,598 £1,714,016 £1,658,985 £1,786,027 £1,688,752 £1,748,875
Charitable activities spending £1,269,625 £1,021,110 £1,596,187 £1,542,843 £1,721,554
Fundraising costs 10% 7% 6% 8% 9% 10%
Other spending £436,407
Total spending £1,176,953 £1,392,339 £1,563,908 £1,724,556 £1,690,067 £1,894,412
Surplus/deficit -£7,355 £321,677 £95,077 £61,471 -£1,315 -£145,537
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of religion
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City

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
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£32,700
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Crisis UK£5,000
Foundation Scotland£1,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£100 20/07/2023
Donation from Vivienne Parry Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£400 27/09/2022
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 01/06/2022
Quarterly donation from Vivienne Parry
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Family Worker salary costs
£32,700 26/05/2022
Applying for funding towards the work with families where the children are at risk of being taken into care due to abuse and neglect, and to work preventatively to ensure children are growing up in ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 01/03/2022
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 01/12/2021
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 01/09/2021
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 01/06/2021
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 01/03/2021
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 02/12/2020
General charitable donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 02/09/2020
General charitable donation from Vivienne Parry
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 24/07/2020
Urban Cafe
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 02/06/2020
General charitable donation from Vivienne Parry
Crisis UK - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£5,000 16/04/2020
Food packages
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow City Mission
£80 05/03/2020
General charitable donation from Vivienne Parry
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
Urban Cafe
Robertson Trust - The running costs of Urban Café
£15,500 04/12/2018
The running costs of Urban Café
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Child and Family Centre: Project Manager salary
£36,000 29/11/2017
Children from 0-12 and their families at the Child and Family Centre in Linthouse Govan, are given the best possible start in life as well as enabling the parents to feel confident in their parenting ....more
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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: 53-71
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/09/1932, number: SC001499
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/09/1992, number: SC140322
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

20 Crimea Street, Glasgow, G2 8PW

Objectives

A. The charitable objects for which the Company is established are: (1) the prevention or relief of poverty and of those in need by reason of disadvantage, (2) the advancement of religion and education, and (3) the advancement of health, citizenship or community development. including but not limited to providing children and families with support services, in the City of Glasgow and the surrounding area.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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