Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

JOHN MUIR TRUST 

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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 41 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Charitable activities £465,149 £498,153 £317,558 £664,201 £311,656
Donations & Legacies £1,610,828 £2,311,268 £3,013,636 £3,106,536
Other Income £14,516 £13,123 £8,576 £4,565 £35,150
Investment Income £81,348 £85,448 £66,579 £84,952 £125,397
Total income £3,852,077 £2,321,722 £3,040,087 £3,490,715 £3,999,658 £3,553,753
Charitable activities spending £2,098,700 £2,051,885 £2,182,821 £2,731,989 £3,226,615
Fundraising costs 11% 18% 15% 11% 11% 13%
Other spending
Total spending £2,352,757 £2,506,310 £2,482,480 £2,564,624 £3,154,211 £3,674,328
Surplus/deficit £1,499,320 -£184,588 £557,607 £926,091 £845,447 -£120,575
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Perth And Kinross
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • 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
Esmee Fairbairn£24,814
William Grant Foundation£6,000
Foundation Scotland£1,743
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£25 10/08/2023
Donation from Ken Cameron Fund 13482
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£412 03/05/2023
Unrestricted donation from the Alan G R Findlay Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£30 21/09/2022
Donation from Ken Cameron Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£304 06/01/2022
Donation from David Underdown. No restrictions.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£50 09/08/2021
Donation from Ken and Roberta Cameron. Reference 13482
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£250 22/04/2021
From Alan Findlay, for the Nevis 21 Appeal.
William Grant Foundation - Skye Plastic Recycling Project
£6,000 08/03/2021
12
Support for costs of a pilot project for collecting and recycling agricultural plastic on the Isle of Skye.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£400 31/12/2020
Donation from David Underdown
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£21 22/09/2020
From Ken and Roberta Cameron - 13482
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£200 18/05/2020
Donation from Alan Findlay
Foundation Scotland - Grant to John Muir Trust
£50 14/05/2020
Donation from Nick Addington
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to John Muir Trust Limited
£24,814 12/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to John Muir Trust Limited
£148,881 25/07/2018
36
Towards the salary and additional costs of the England and Wales development manager as the Trust extends its work from Scotland to England and looking at sustainable land management systems in the ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to John Muir Trust
£7,000 21/06/2018
YOYP Young People Celebrating Nature Connections
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards core costs and activity of the Peatland Programme
£98,000 26/01/2017
24
Towards the costs of the Peatland Programme, a collaboration which aims to enrich and develop healthy ecosystems by promoting peatland restoration on a substantial scale across the UK.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to John Muir Trust
£57,800 27/06/2016
Skye's Wild Ways: Path Repairs and Conservation Skills
Robertson Trust - The John Muir Award Scotland Inclusion Manager's Salary
£30,000 31/01/2016
The John Muir Award Scotland Inclusion Manager's Salary
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 31-81
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/02/1983, number: SC002061
  • Notes:
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/02/1983, number: SC081620
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Tower House, Station Road, PITLOCHRY, PH16 5AN

Objectives

3. 3.1 The Trust's object is to conserve and protect wild places with their indigenous animals, plants and soils for the benefit of present and future generations, and in particular: 3.1.1 to conserve wild places and their landscapes, both for their own sake and for the sustenance and inspiration they give to humanity. 3.1.2 to protect existing wild places so as to conserve their natural processes, and their indigenous animals, plants and soils. 3.1.3 to renew wild places, where they have been damaged, by encouraging natural processes. 3.1.4 to work with local communities and to encourage them to live in harmony with wild places. 3.1.5 to promote an awareness and understanding of wild places for their own sake and for their value to the benefit of humanity. 3.1.6 to stimulate public support to help protect wild places. 3.1.7 to encourage voluntary participation in the conservation and renewal of wild places.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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