Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    THE GANNOCHY TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/06/17 30/06/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
    Charitable activities £1,294,756 £1,351,190 £1,442,235 £1,628,749 £1,737,005 £1,818,337
    Donations & Legacies
    Other Income £461 £693 £1,017 £1,688 £12,379 £39,046
    Investment Income £2,463,637 £2,691,353 £1,945,371 £1,896,499 £1,793,873 £2,142,741
    Total income £6,070,415 £3,758,854 £4,043,236 £3,388,623 £3,526,936 £3,543,257 £4,000,124
    Charitable activities spending £7,271,501 £5,989,484 £7,880,825 £6,427,106 £9,363,454 £7,845,269
    Fundraising costs 17% 16% 15% 14% 25% 2%
    Other spending
    Total spending £5,748,117 £7,491,789 £6,202,317 £8,091,171 £6,648,136 £9,797,124 £7,885,799
    Surplus/deficit £322,298 -£3,732,935 -£2,159,081 -£4,702,548 -£3,121,200 -£6,253,867 -£3,885,675
    Established: 32 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Poverty relief
    Purposes
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    • The advancement of public participation in sport','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','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: Perth And Kinross
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC003133
    • Notes: Previous charity name Gannochy Trust from 01 January 1992 to 13 January 2022.
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Kincarrathie House Drive, Pitcullen Crescent, Perth, PH2 7HX

    Objectives

    2. Trust Purposes The purposes of the Trust are: 2.1. Housing and lands 2.1.1 To preserve the amenities of Perth and provide housing to those in need by maintaining the model Gannochy Housing Scheme in a trim, tidy and proper condition and renewing, improving, or reconstructing it as the Trustees may deem fit. 2.1.2 To hold the farms (Muirhall, Gannochy and Whinniemuir), until such time as the Trustees think fit to use them, or part of them, for housing, recreation, open spaces, gardens or others, for the benefit of the people of Perth and Kinross. 2.1.3 To manage all houses and lands owned by the Trust in their absolute discretion as though they were beneficial owners, in furtherance of the Trust Purposes. 2.2. Recreation and amenity 2.2.1 To maintain the Doo-cot Park and Pavilion in proper condition for recreational purposes and to provide instructors, groundsmen and other staff and tools as the Trustees think necessary. 2.2.2 To equip and maintain Quarrymill Park as a place of public amenity. 2.2.3 To lay out Lower Bellwood Park as a recreation park and garden for the benefit of the citizens of Perth. 2.2.4 To actively encourage use of the Trust’s land and buildings to improve the quality of life for people in Perth and Kinross.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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