Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

GLASGOW MEDIA ACCESS CENTRE LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Established: 41 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 £120,927
Donations & Legacies £124,253 £417,242 £525,695
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £196,523 £217,211 £321,961 £444,041 £446,672 £552,570
Charitable activities spending £307,620 £333,555 £595,775
Fundraising costs
Other spending £2,950 £3,179
Total spending £205,396 £200,272 £310,570 £336,734 £455,374 £595,775
Surplus/deficit -£8,873 £16,939 £11,391 £107,307 -£8,702 -£43,205
What it does
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the promotion of equality and diversity
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Foundation Scotland£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,927
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow Media Access Centre T/A (GMAC)
£10,000 15/12/2020
towards Resilient award
National Lottery Community Fund - Intro to Film Making
£9,927 10/02/2020
11
This group will use the funding to deliver eight 'Intro to Film Making' workshops for young people in care and will also support a smaller group of those young people to make their own film.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 18/06/2019
Mad About Movies and Youth Team Programme
Glasgow City Council - GMAC Annual Programme
£25,000 21/03/2019
Provides opportunities to artists in film and new media. Workshops, showings in screening room and commissioned projects.
National Lottery Community Fund - GMAC Film 60 Second Features
£10,000 12/10/2018
12
This group will use the funding to run community-based arts activities for care experienced young people in Glasgow in partnership with Arts in the City.
Glasgow City Council - GMAC Annual Programme
£25,000 31/05/2018
Provides opportunities to artists in film and new media. Workshops, showings in screening room and commissioned projects.
Robertson Trust - Salary costs of the Co-ordinator
£45,000 31/08/2016
Salary costs of the Co-ordinator
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to GMAC Film
£10,000 25/07/2016
My Scottish Place
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 26-63
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/02/1983, number: SC002525
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/02/1995, number: SC155843
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Trongate 103, 5th Floor, Glasgow, G1 5HD

Objectives

Subject to that over-riding qualification, the Association's objects are:- (a) To promote and encourage the study, practice and knowledge of film and video production for the benefit of the public and members of the Association by means of formal and informal education, technical instruction and exhibition. (b) To establish and maintain a resource centre in furtherance of the above objects.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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