Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +7

NOTRE DAME CENTRE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 70 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 £806,857 £887,851 £875,869 £750,018 £869,634
Donations & Legacies £19,754 £7,739 £6,469 £5,121 £1,328
Other Income
Investment Income £239 £404 £657 £298 £1,920
Total income £826,850 £895,994 £882,995 £755,437 £796,842 £872,882
Charitable activities spending £718,973 £635,409 £666,219 £615,046 £779,116
Fundraising costs
Other spending £407,000
Total spending £1,125,973 £635,409 £666,219 £615,046 £731,241 £779,116
Surplus/deficit -£299,123 £260,585 £216,776 £140,391 £65,601 £93,766
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','Other charities or voluntary bodies
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapeutic Support For Kinship Children and Their Carers
£127,930 24/03/2022
This group will use funds to continue to deliver a counselling service which engages kinship care families in separate parallel sessions aiming to strengthen the family unit by recognising and ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Intensive therapeutic support for vulnerable children and families living in kinship
£45,984 26/05/2021
Funding to increase the hours of an existing staff (Play Therapist & Social worker) by 1 day a week to enable an additional 4 Kinship families per week to receive Therapeutic support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Children and Carers in Kinship Care
£346,070 22/11/2018
36
This group will use the funding to deliver therapeutic counselling for children and young people, aged five to eighteen years, living in kinship care. The sessions will help them build resilience and ....more
Robertson Trust - Seasons for Growth Project - National Coordinator
£48,000 21/03/2017
Seasons for Growth Project - National Coordinator
Robertson Trust - Notre Dame Children's Centre Upgrade of New Premises & Family Therapist
£33,000 31/08/2016
Notre Dame Children's Centre Upgrade of New Premises & Family Therapist
National Lottery Community Fund - Direct Support for Children and Carers in Kinship Care
£477,799 19/06/2013
60
This project will support children and young people in kinship care, and their carers, to improve their relationships and wellbeing. Children and young people will receive a package of support, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 56-64
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 31/03/1954, number: SC002851
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/04/1994, number: SC150187
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Kelvin House, 419 Balmore Road, Glasgow, G22 6NU

Objectives

The object of the Company is to promote the welfare of children and young people in Scotland who are suffering from any type of behavioural disorder and in furtherance thereof the Company shall seek:- (a) To provide assessment and treatment for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed young people. (b) To provide professional support and guidance for the families of such children and young people. (c) To provide consultancy and in-service training for statutory bodies within the fields of Education, Health and Social Work. (d) To provide training and education within the wider community on the developmental needs of children and young people. (e) To undertake any other such activities to promote the psychological wellbeing of children, young people and families.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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