Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

HOMELESS NETWORK SCOTLAND 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Established: 36 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 £51,894 £170,404 £230,653 £289,987 £205,277
Donations & Legacies £632,134 £505,365 £496,132 £880,591
Other Income
Investment Income £988 £858 £825 £831 £3,997
Total income £685,016 £676,627 £727,610 £1,171,409 £1,027,489 £1,115,490
Charitable activities spending £584,665 £686,363 £659,289 £920,637 £984,378
Fundraising costs 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 3%
Other spending
Total spending £597,010 £698,651 £674,457 £936,414 £988,332 £1,015,503
Surplus/deficit £88,006 -£22,024 £53,153 £234,995 £39,157 £99,987
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies
Purposes
  • 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'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£490,705
Scottish Government£100,000
Robertson Trust£19,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Government - Homeless Network Scotland
£100,000 18/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of a Development Coordinator for the Glasgow Homelessness Participation Project
£19,000 26/06/2019
The salary costs of a Development Coordinator for the Glasgow Homelessness Participation Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Round Our Way: Community Trailblazers
£490,705 12/05/2019
36
This project will apply a place-based approach to preventing homelessness and the conditions that create it, helping individuals and families at risk of homelessness but earlier than the current ....more
Glasgow City Council - Poverty Leadership Panel (Wee Panel)
£20,000 21/03/2019
The proposal is to employ two people for one year to work with partner organisations that are progressing the Poverty Leadership Panel Action Plan.
Glasgow City Council - Poverty Leadership Panel (Wee Panel)
£20,000 31/05/2018
The proposal is to employ two people for one year to work with partner organisations that are progressing the Poverty Leadership Panel Action Plan.
Glasgow City Council - Poverty Leadership Panel (Wee Panel)
£20,000 15/06/2017
The proposal is to employ two people for one year to work with partner organisations that are progressing the Poverty Leadership Panel Action Plan.
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of a Development Coordinator for the Glasgow Homelessness Participation Project
£38,000 21/03/2017
The salary costs of a Development Coordinator for the Glasgow Homelessness Participation Project
National Lottery Community Fund - 4Front Learning
£678,018 09/09/2015
36
4Front Learning
National Lottery Community Fund - 4Front Learning
£696,033 17/08/2011
48
This project will support homeless people in Glasgow who have just received a tenancy or will be getting a tenancy in the near future. The project will be led by Glasgow Homelessness Network in ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Directors: 35-67
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 21/07/1988, number: SC003453
  • Notes: Previous name-Glasgow Homelessness Network from 21/07/1988 to 18/10/2019
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/07/1988, number: SC112361
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 16a, Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow, G5 0PQ

Objectives

4 The company is established for charitable purposes only, in particular to focus on methods of preventing and alleviating homelessness in Scotland and to promote the welfare of people affected by homelessness by: 4.1 Increasing awareness of solutions to homelessness and working with relevant agencies who provide accommodation and other support. 4.2 Providing a forum for mutual contact and co-operation between all sectors involved in tackling homelessness in Scotland and those directly affected by it. 4.3 Advancing education and awareness in all matters relating to the provision and improvement of accommodation, opportunities, health and social services for people affected by homelessness. 4.4 Promoting, encouraging, undertaking and carrying out research and evaluation of all of the above matters and publishing the results thereof.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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