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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

    FINDHORN FOUNDATION 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Data adjusted to reflect year end change
    Period ending 31/01/18 31/01/19 31/01/20 31/01/21 31/03/22
    Charitable activities £1,680,744 £1,715,732 £1,744,799 £276,456 £236,633
    Donations & Legacies £495,043 £143,361 £200,678 £2,021,909 £722,355
    Other Income £207,766 £272,656 £228,051 £189,225 £1,276,374
    Investment Income £925 £1,591 £1,782 £6,064 £8,802
    Total income £3,109,659 £2,750,028 £2,762,456 £3,120,925 £3,150,636
    Charitable activities spending £2,050,686 £2,119,088 £2,083,618 £1,752,773 £2,064,232
    Fundraising costs 29% 30% 29% 2% 5%
    Other spending £735,847 £1,119,060
    Total spending £2,895,356 £2,869,010 £2,813,371 £2,548,999 £3,281,311
    Surplus/deficit £214,303 -£118,982 -£50,915 £571,926 -£130,675
    Established: 52 years

    www.findhorn.org

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Financial support to the poor
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of religion
    • 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
    • UK and overseas, main operating location: Moray
    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
    Scottish Government£100,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£6,600
    Foundation Scotland£5,278
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Findhorn Foundation
    £1,000 27/03/2023
    Donation from Sara Trevelyan Fund - To support the Education Support Fund
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Learning Exchange: Building Resilience Through Connection
    £6,600 07/12/2021
    This group will host a community learning exchange event with partners. Findhorn Foundation will invite members from this network to come for a free visit and educational experience enabling them to ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Findhorn Foundation
    £278 27/10/2021
    These funds are contributed to cover the costs of the new water feature in the Park. From Sara Trevelyan.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Findhorn Foundation
    £2,000 18/11/2020
    Support for co-workers, from Sara Trevelyan.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Findhorn Foundation
    £1,000 26/08/2020
    With ongoing support for the continuing work of service and love in all dimensions - Sara Trevelyan
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Findhorn Foundation
    £1,000 21/04/2020
    For additional support through these challenging times - and with gratitude for all that I have received from the Findhorn community - Sara Trevelyan
    Scottish Government - The Findhorn Foundation
    £100,000 16/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Moray: Interactive web training course
    £10,000 19/12/2011
    12
    The foundation will develop a web streaming initiative to enable it to offer a programme of workshops and events that can be accessed live by all via the internet. The grant will fund three tripods, ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - There is no project name available for this record
    £10,000 27/04/2011
    12
    This group will carry out a feasibility study and community consultation to determine community needs, with the aim of developing a new multi-purpose, environmentally sustainable community facility ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Park Community Wildlife Garden
    £10,000 08/11/2010
    12
    This group will create a fully accessible, wildlife garden near its visitor centre. This will improve a currently unused plot of land and enable people who do not have a garden to help conserve wild ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Park CC Refurbishment
    £10,000 05/08/2010
    12
    The foundation will refurbish and improve the access to the toilets in its community centre providing users particularly those with disabilities with a better and more practical facility. This grant ....more
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    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 03/05/1972, number: SC007233
      • Notes: This charity intends to wind up and transfer its assets and liabilities to the SCIO Findhorn Foundation SCIO SC051938. Findhorn Foundation SCIO SC051938 was established to replace Findhorn Foundation SC007233
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR20: 62 days late,
    Main office

    Findhorn Foundation, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, Moray, IV36 3TZ

    Objectives

    The Trust is constituted for charitable purposes only and subject thereto the purposes and objects of the Trust are:- 3.1 the advancement of religion and religious studies and practices by education, embodiment and demonstration of the validity of the essential truths of all religious, spiritual and interfaith teaching and by such means to encourage and help those who sincerely seek, by increasing their knowledge and the development of their being to achieve a greater understanding of the purpose and spiritual nature of life. 3.2 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement by recognition of the presence of spirit within nature and the interdependence of all forms of life, to further the conservation, sustainability and preservation of the natural environment by such means as the Trustees shall in their discretion think fit, including education and demonstration of the harmonious and cooperative relationship between humanity and all other forms of life. 3.3 the advancement of holistic education and service for the benefit of all people, in the areas of spiritual and personal development, environmental awareness and community development, through demonstration and by informing, inspiring and enabling individuals and groups to experience and practise sustainable ways of living. and 3.4 any other charitable purpose as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion determine.

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    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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