Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3

    ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Established: 85 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22
    Total income £46,876 £54,984 £70,496 £68,495 £68,663 £191,142
    Total spending £64,075 £70,808 £96,224 £76,504 £82,351 £94,545
    Surplus/deficit -£17,199 -£15,824 -£25,728 -£8,009 -£13,688 £96,597
    What it does
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    • 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 advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the promotion of equality and diversity','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Grow and Learn Connections
    £7,961 06/07/2020
    18
    This group will use funds to produce a series of videos to improve the accessibility of their existing awards programme as well as to develop an online network of the projects which took part.
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Grow and Learn, future ambitions
    £23,880 27/05/2020
    To grow the provision of Grow and Learn awards Scotland wide. Support projects and participants to achieve their awards and develop a range of skills and transferable life skills. To develop Train ....more
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Grow & Learn - Transforming Lives
    £21,600 29/11/2017
    Grow & Learn is The Caley's flagship horticultural education project offering people with complex learning needs and mental health challenges a unique and highly regarded person centred award ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Grow and Learn Award
    £10,000 20/03/2014
    13
    This group will engage a development officer for 40 weeks, for one and a half days per week. The officer will develop systems to sustain the delivery of their Grow and Learn award and develop the ....more

    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 19/11/1938, number: SC006522
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Stable Block, Saughton Park, 60A Ford's Road, EDINBURGH, EH11 3HR

    Objectives

    (a) To advance the education in gardening and horticulture for the public benefit (b) to encourage and improve the science, art and practice of horticulture in all its branches In pursuing these objects, the society shall undertake activities in our United Kingdom, in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and anywhere else in the world.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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