Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1

FALKIRK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 39 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 £360,170 £395,668 £406,181 £385,783 £357,243
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income £267
Total income £360,170 £395,668 £406,181 £385,783 £399,599 £357,510
Charitable activities spending £280,040 £383,863 £416,022 £402,774 £411,589
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £280,040 £383,863 £416,022 £402,774 £440,936 £411,589
Surplus/deficit £80,130 £11,805 -£9,841 -£16,991 -£41,337 -£54,079
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 health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Falkirk

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
Scottish Government - Falkirk Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd
£9,400 15/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Falkirk Citizens Advice Bureau
£20,000 15/01/2017
renovation of new building for a charity which works with disabled people in Stirlingshire
Robertson Trust - Renovation, Refurbishment and Relocation of Falkirk Citizens Advice Bureau
£20,000 31/08/2016
Renovation, Refurbishment and Relocation of Falkirk Citizens Advice Bureau
National Lottery Community Fund - Falkirk Area Welfare Benefits Advice Support Unit
£354,439 25/06/2013
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 29-66
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/05/1985, number: SC006183
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/01/1994, number: SC148330
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

3 Meeks Road, Falkirk, FK2 7EW

Objectives

The company has been formed to benefit principally the Falkirk Council Area (the Area of Benefit) with the following objects: 4.1 the advancement of education through (but not limited to) providing individuals with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. 4.2 the relief of those in need through (but not limited to) (i) assessing individuals’ entitlement to welfare benefits. (ii) providing assistance in claiming benefits. and (iii) assisting individuals to appeal against refusal of benefits. 4.3 the advancement of health through (but not limited to) providing a comprehensive advice service which seeks to address individuals’ problems and thereby alleviates the injury to health, stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. and 4.4 the advancement of community development through (but not limited to) recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Bureau, who in turn assist members of the public within the Area of Benefit, and in doing so contribute to the development of the Area of Benefit.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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