Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

    MARION SEMPLE WEIR EDUCATIONAL TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 05/04/18 05/04/19 05/04/20 05/04/21 05/04/22 05/04/23
    Total income £20,056 £19,567 £20,378 £16,492 £15,591 £15,364
    Total spending £15,443 £12,432 £18,794 £15,061 £11,239 £22,253
    Surplus/deficit £4,613 £7,135 £1,584 £1,431 £4,352 -£6,889
    Established: 38 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • School support organisations
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Glasgow City
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Other defined groups

    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 14/01/1986, number: SC005346
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Alexander Sloan, 180 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5SG

    Objectives

    Make provision generally for the financial support and encouragement of certain charitable, cultural, educational, religious and welfare organisations and schemes as hereinafter provided but especially any charitable institution, organisation and schemes involved in the education of young persons because I wish to help young persons at schools, colleges, universities or other institutions involved in primary, secondary or tertiary education for advancing the education of young persons in one or more of the integral parts of education comprised in the definition of 'education' for charitable purposes such as academic and mental education, artistic and cultural education, spiritual and moral education and physical education.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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