Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    WILLIAM MACKENZIE TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 05/04/18 05/04/19 05/04/20 05/04/21 05/04/22 05/04/23
    Total income £49,133 £52,410 £53,431 £36,953 £41,307 £41,974
    Total spending £49,133 £52,410 £53,431 £36,953 £53,546 £53,568
    Surplus/deficit £0 £0 £0 £0 -£12,239 -£11,594
    Established: 62 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Western Isles
    Who it helps
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems

    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 08/09/1962, number: SC001598
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , HS1 2JF

    Objectives

    (a) To assist and relieve aged and infirm persons in need by appointing or funding a suitable person or persons to cany out or assist with such general household duties and od,er work as said aged and infirm persons are unable physically to perform, with the intention of enabling such persons to continue to reside in their own homes. declaring that, widlOut prejudice to d,e foregoing generality, such assistance shall normally be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any service provided for out of public funds. declaring also d,at the Trustees may and should co-operate with and assist, financially or odlelwise, any charitable institution which assists and looks after d,e interests and well-being of such persons. (b) To assist and relieve persons in need suffering from any illness, disease, accident, disability or infirmity brought about through no fault of d,eir own, by: (i) providing a grant or grants of money to any such person who is as a result unable to follow any trade, employment or occupation and whose income is, in the sole judgement of the Trustees, considered to be inadequate for d,at person's needs and maintenance. and/or (ii) providing, purchasing or making over to any such person who is as a result compelled to give up his or her normal trade, employment or occupation, such tools and materials and a grant or grants of money towards capital sufficient to set up such person in a craft or new trade, employment or occupation. (c) To assist and relieve any disabled or odlerwise permanendy incapacitated person by providing them with any artificial limb or od,er surgical or medical appliance or fitment which is essential to or will provide a significant benefit to such person, subject always to the condition that in each and every case it must be shown to the satisfaction of the TtUstees that the limb, appliance or fitment applied for will be more beneficial to the applicant dlan that which dle applicant would be entided to receive from, or at dle expense of, the National Healdl Service or any other welfare service provided from public funds.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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