Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 18

ARTLINK EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 40 years

www.artlinkedinburgh.co.uk

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	£599,628	£525,516	£575,144	£675,035		£759,242
Donations & Legacies	£134,001	£143,934	£150,045	£186,300		£229,806
Other Income
Investment Income	£1,246	£718	£225	£75		£2,218
Total income	£741,747	£678,206	£731,790	£861,945	£921,961	£998,379
Charitable activities spending	£762,242	£658,879	£725,068	£700,705		£954,336
Fundraising costs	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%
Other spending
Total spending	£771,353	£672,692	£739,292	£713,329	£890,306	£969,906
Surplus/deficit	-£29,606	£5,514	-£7,502	£148,616	£31,655	£28,473

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of health
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Older People
People with disabilities or health problems

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

RS Macdonald Charitable Trust	£44,912
Scottish Government	£38,500
The Baring Foundation	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Artlink Edinburgh and the Lothians
£8,000	14/09/2020	3 artist placements that deepens our understanding of creative collaborative practice to foster greater individual and collective agency & presence.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Human Threads
£31,000	27/05/2020	Human Threads supports people with PMLD, their families and carers in a programme of person-centred workshops that lead to series public interventions and symposium at Tramway, Glasgow. The project ....more Human Threads supports people with PMLD, their families and carers in a programme of person-centred workshops that lead to series public interventions and symposium at Tramway, Glasgow. The project aims to cultivate long term strategies that can be used to better involve and support people with PMLD across Scotland.
Scottish Government - Artlink Edinburgh And The Lothians Ltd
£38,500	18/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Common Ground
£13,912	29/05/2019	Common Ground supports 12 neurodiverse artists to use their unique talents and perspectives to develop creative collaborations with mainstream arts institutions and festivals. The project aims to ....more Common Ground supports 12 neurodiverse artists to use their unique talents and perspectives to develop creative collaborations with mainstream arts institutions and festivals. The project aims to articulate the unique contribution that neurodiverse perspectives can make to our experience of the arts and contemporary life.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Artlink Edinburgh and the Lothians
£9,800	21/06/2018	YOYP Creative Directors - community projects directed by talented young people with autism or complex needs
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - The Creative Team
£2,980	29/11/2017	The Creative Team projects empower individuals with autism and their families to imaginatively articulate their lived experience. The projects create an environment where they take a lead role in ....more The Creative Team projects empower individuals with autism and their families to imaginatively articulate their lived experience. The projects create an environment where they take a lead role in sharing their experience to better the lives of others.
Robertson Trust - the continuation of the Investigate Create project
£13,000	30/04/2016	the continuation of the Investigate Create project

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How is it governed?

Directors (11)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Directors: 30-73

ANDERSON, Margaret Camilla
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Occupational Therapist And Artist

BHAGRATH, Jaslin
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Accounting And Assurance Partner

CHALMERS, Adrienne Sinclair
Appointed: 2011
Occupation: Company Director

JAMESON, Graham
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Administrator

JOHNSTONE, Peter
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Company Director

KILLEAN, Susan Elizabeth Helen
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Solicitor

ORDORICA, Andres Nicolas
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Learning Designer

OWEN, Jonathan
Appointed: 2015
Occupation: Artist

SEREY, Caitlin
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Development Manager

YEOMAN, Holly Knox
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Community Education Manager

YOUNG, Ian Logan
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 02/05/1984, number: SC006845
Registered at Companies House on 02/05/1984, number: SC087845

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

13a Spittal Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DY

Objectives

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education and social welfare, particularly by the encouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, dance, music, singing, literature, sculpture and painting, the media and the practice of crafts in various centres including hospitals, day and community centres, prisons and other institutions, especially with persons who are suffering ill-health or are socially deprived, or are disabled by physical sensory or mental handicap.

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