Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

SIMON COMMUNITY SCOTLAND 

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
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 55 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/17 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £6,074,285 £6,895,343 £7,955,365 £8,700,029 £9,261,367
Donations & Legacies £150,557 £190,360 £587,415 £550,532 £431,862
Other Income £39,687 £795,680 £346,042
Investment Income £1,026 £2,650 £6,562 £1,165 £3,053
Total income £6,196,703 £6,265,555 £7,088,353 £9,345,022 £9,597,768 £8,844,993 £9,696,282
Charitable activities spending £6,235,945 £7,092,851 £7,935,731 £9,037,479 £10,965,048
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £5,678,027 £6,235,945 £7,092,851 £7,935,731 £9,037,479 £9,124,152 £10,963,657
Surplus/deficit £518,676 £29,610 -£4,498 £1,409,291 £560,289 -£279,159 -£1,267,375
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups

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
National Lottery Community Fund£199,815
Home Office£137,318
Scottish Government£96,962
Tudor Trust£92,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming and Sustaining - Emergency support for destitute asylum seekers in
£199,815 11/08/2023
The group will use the funding to deliver holistic emergency community-based support to destitute asylum seekers and other people with no recourse to public funds in Glasgow.
William Grant Foundation - Safe In Scotland
£20,000 13/03/2023
To support the work of this homelessness charity and its work with asylum seekers, in particular the Safe In Scotland project that provides accommodation and support to rights-exhausted asylum ....more
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
£75,106 01/04/2021
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Simon Community Scotland
£2,000 04/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Simon Community Scotland
£60,000 21/09/2020
Towards a 3 year test of change initiative to establish a model of practice for Scotland of the evidenced based Managed Alcohol Programme.
Scottish Government - Simon Community Scotland
£96,962 11/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Simon Community Scotland
£100 11/05/2020
Donation from Irene Schofield
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
£62,211 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Simon Community Scotland
£90,000 12/11/2019
36
over three years towards the running costs of the CAP project, a managed alcohol programme for problem drinkers in Scotland
National Lottery Community Fund - Rough Sleepers Velo Project (rsVP)
£9,711 28/02/2017
12
Rough Sleepers Velo Project (rsVP)
National Lottery Community Fund - Nightstop
£149,983 19/08/2016
36
This group will pilot a service for young people aged between 16 and 25 living in Glasgow and at risk of rough sleeping. They will receive 3-5 nights of accommodation and safety in the homes of ....more
Robertson Trust - the salary costs of a Volunteer Coordinator
£42,000 30/04/2016
the salary costs of a Volunteer Coordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - Information Management capacity driven by Better by Design
£10,000 17/03/2015
12
Not Available
Robertson Trust - City Centre Response Partnership
£20,000 31/01/2015
City Centre Response Partnership
National Lottery Community Fund - Additional development capacity driven by Better by Design
£10,000 08/07/2014
12
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 35-73
  • BROWN, Patrick
    Appointed: 2019
    Occupation: Head Of Management Accounting
  • STEVEN, Graham
    Appointed: 2021
    Occupation: Corporate Funding And Individual Giving Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/08/1969, number: SC003076
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/03/1992, number: SC137419
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

472 Ballater Street, Glasgow, G5 0QW

Objectives

The Objects are specifically restricted to the following:- 5.1 To relieve the poverty and promote the social welfare of people who are homeless and are in necessitous circumstances from time to time living in the City of Glasgow and other local authority areas of operation, and 5.2 To carry on for the benefit of the community the provision of housing, hostels and any associated amenities, etc. for persons in necessitous circumstances upon terms appropriate to their means.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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