Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 35 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
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 £589,443 £217,146 £199,148 £591,388 £745,056
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income £2 £1 £1 £1 £4
Total income £604,539 £514,709 £432,309 £931,700 £1,207,888 £1,105,119
Charitable activities spending £601,214 £326,235 £304,737 £331,149 £764,687
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £601,214 £326,235 £304,737 £331,149 £448,835 £764,687
Surplus/deficit £3,325 £188,474 £127,572 £600,551 £759,053 £340,432
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: West Lothian
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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
William Grant Foundation£47,563
Robertson Trust£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
William Grant Foundation - Community led activity cold spots research
£15,000 24/11/2022
To support the costs of research into ‘cold spots’ in Scotland relating to community-led asset development.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,000 20/08/2021
Creative Natives
William Grant Foundation - Community Assets report - design and print
£4,963 13/05/2020
3
To meet the cost of publishing the report 'A different approach to community asset development', the research and writing of which was funded by a previous grant to Community Enterprise.
William Grant Foundation - Community Assets demonstration project - The Old School, Isle of Kerrera
£20,400 25/10/2019
24
To support a demonstration project exploring alternative ways of delivering community asset capital projects. The project involves the transformation of an old school house on the Isle of Kerrera ....more
Robertson Trust - Creative Natives
£20,000 23/08/2019
Creative Natives
William Grant Foundation - Community Led Asset Development Research
£7,200 19/06/2019
12
Towards the cost of researching innovative ways of procuring and delivering capital projects to develop community buildings and to produce a report and associated events disseminating the findings.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Natives
£120,000 20/12/2017
18
This group will use its two year grant to run their 'Creative Natives' programme in partnership with Edinburgh Cyrenians. This will allow young people who have left school but are unemployed, and who ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Place 2 Dundee
£234,752 22/07/2014
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Place 2 Fife
£235,172 22/07/2014
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Place 2 Falkirk
£235,345 22/07/2014
60
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 49-65
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 03/04/1989, number: SC006992
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/10/1987, number: SC107265
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Suite 12A, Fleming House, 5 Fleming Road, Livingston, West Lothian, West Lothian, EH54 7BN

Objectives

(a) To relieve poverty through: 1. the promotion and encouragement of industrial and commercial activity and enterprise through the formation and development of community enterprises whose activities are directed towards the provision of paid employment or towards relief of need among poor people. A community enterprise means a business (howsoever constituted) determined as such by the Directors of the Company, subject always to such Regulations as may be prescribed by the Company in general meeting. 2. the making of grants or loans to community enterprises whose activities are directed towards the aims referred to in sub-paragraph 1 and the acquisition and holding of shares, stocks, and debentures and other interests in such community enterprises 3. the provision of managerial, supervisory and consultancy services to or in respect of such community enterprises 4. the provision of advice and assistance with regard to the establishment and operation of such community enterprises 5. the provision of training opportunities and 6. the promotion and implementation of schemes of community benefit of a charitable nature. (b) To carry on any other activity which may be advantageously carried on in connection with any of the objects of the company.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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