Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

EDINBURGH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 32 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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 £103,891 £138,765 £128,984 £49,150 £116,131
Donations & Legacies £253,336 £272,492 £271,998 £285,334 £374,118
Other Income £119,911
Investment Income £4 £6 £48
Total income £357,231 £411,263 £401,030 £454,395 £416,768 £490,249
Charitable activities spending £339,312 £560,836 £523,262 £548,112 £599,616
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £339,312 £560,836 £523,262 £548,112 £572,446 £599,616
Surplus/deficit £17,919 -£149,573 -£122,232 -£93,717 -£155,678 -£109,367
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£30,000 11/02/2021
towards adapting the courtyard to enable outdoor delivery of the education and outreach programme (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 12/12/2017
Core Funding to support the development of Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop's public programme.
Robertson Trust - The costs of the Schools Programme
£27,000 30/04/2016
The costs of the Schools Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 30-77
  • DAVIS, Kate
    Appointed: 2013
    Occupation: Artist & Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC002404
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/02/1990, number: SC123174
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bill Scott Sculpture Centre, 21 Hawthornvale, Edinburgh, EH6 4JT

Objectives

1. The advancement of education 2. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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