Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +2

    EASTERHOUSE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Established: 32 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    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 £88,766 £92,827 £218,094 £180,097 £333,600
    Donations & Legacies
    Other Income £220,584 £216,694 £189,709
    Investment Income £157,077
    Total income £309,350 £309,521 £375,171 £369,806 £321,544 £333,600
    Charitable activities spending £264,881 £309,638 £370,705 £343,569 £340,286
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending £8,003 £8,220 £8,978 £9,122 £1,775
    Total spending £272,884 £317,858 £379,683 £352,691 £330,325 £342,061
    Surplus/deficit £36,466 -£8,337 -£4,512 £17,115 -£8,781 -£8,461
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, 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
    Glasgow City Council - Financial Inclusion Service - Easterhouse CAB
    £215,574 21/03/2019
    The provision of financial inclusion and housing information and advice services.
    Robertson Trust - The Home Visiting Project
    £20,000 26/09/2018
    The Home Visiting Project
    Glasgow City Council - Financial Inclusion Service - Easterhouse CAB
    £215,574 31/05/2018
    The provision of financial inclusion and housing information and advice services.
    Robertson Trust - the Home Visiting Project
    £30,000 30/04/2015
    the Home Visiting Project
    Glasgow City Council - Financial Inclusion Service - Easterhouse CAB
    £215,574 22/01/2015
    The provision of financial inclusion and housing information and advice services.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Financial Management Project
    £237,691 12/10/2011
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC005001
    • Notes: The SCIO was incorporated on 23 February 2012 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC005001 Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 1 January 1992.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau, 46 Shandwick Square, GLASGOW, G34 9DT

    Objectives

    The Bureau is established for charitable objects and purposes only and, in particular, the Bureau is established for the purpose of benefiting the community in the Operating Area and elsewhere by:- 7.1 the advancement of education- by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. 7.2 the relief of poverty- by assessing clients' entitlement to welfare benefits and assisting clients in pursuing their proper entitlement and, by doing so, ensuring that they do not suffer unduly from poverty or lack of available financial support. 7.3 the advancement of human rights- by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their human rights and through education attempting to obtain redress and ameliorate or eliminate injustice. 7.4 the advancement of health- by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients' problems and alleviates the stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. and 7.5 the advancement of community development- by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteer advisers in the Bureau who in turn assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the development of their community.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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