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

    CRAY TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    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 £47,249 £47,255 £49,461 £37,760 £38,195 £48,357
    Total spending £68,788 £67,916 £62,074 £49,494 £59,823 £63,514
    Surplus/deficit -£21,539 -£20,661 -£12,613 -£11,734 -£21,628 -£15,157
    Established: 46 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Financial or material assistance
    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 the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','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','the advancement of animal welfare
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Midlothian
    Who it helps
    • Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who supports 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 16/06/1978, number: SC005592
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Azets, Exchange Place 3, Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL

    Objectives

    The Trustee shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Fund and the whole or any part or parts of the capital thereof as the Trustees shall think fit to or for the benefit of such one or more trusts, organisations, institutions, societies or bodies established for charitable purposes as the Trustees in their sole discretion may from time to time select and that in such proportions, if more than one, and in such manner in all respects as the Trustees in their discretion shall think fit. Provided always that, no trust, organisation, institution, society or body as aforesaid shall qualify for selection or for any payment being made to it by the Trustees as aforesaid unless at the time of such selection and at the time when the payment is made it is a trust, organisation, institution, society or body which qualifies for tax exemptions available to charities.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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