Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified

ARRAN THEATRE & ARTS TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 35 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
Total income £41,973 £65,603 £106,818 £29,260 £60,635 £70,049
Total spending £47,087 £49,683 £62,404 £38,957 £50,812 £94,083
Surplus/deficit -£5,114 £15,920 £44,414 -£9,697 £9,823 -£24,034
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 advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: North Ayrshire

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
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Arran Theatre & Arts Trust
£2,000 21/02/2020
to contribute towards the cost of visiting author?s fees, accommodation and travel.
Robertson Trust - The Part time Arts Co-ordinator
£11,000 30/06/2016
The Part time Arts Co-ordinator

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 35-92
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 31/07/1989, number: SC006027
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/07/1989, number: SC119255
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Almarran, Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran, KA27 8HB

Objectives

(i) To stimulate public interest in the Arts in Arran and to promote, maintain, improve and advance public education in the Arts particularly by the encouragement of public interest in the arts of drama, music, dance and mime provided that all objects of the Company shall not be exclusively charitable.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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