Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -1

NHS LOTHIAN CHARITY

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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				£797,000		£30,000
Donations & Legacies	£13,281,000	£3,446,000	£2,182,000	£1,848,000
Other Income
Investment Income	£2,261,000	£2,119,000	£2,201,000	£1,826,000		£2,002,000
Total income	£15,542,000	£5,565,000	£4,383,000	£4,471,000	£3,641,000	£4,017,000
Charitable activities spending	£14,201,000	£5,332,000	£5,980,000	£5,803,000		£4,203,000
Fundraising costs	2%	10%	19%	22%	20%	36%
Other spending
Total spending	£14,533,000	£5,676,000	£6,399,000	£6,375,000	£3,831,000	£4,930,000
Surplus/deficit	£1,009,000	-£111,000	-£2,016,000	-£1,904,000	-£190,000	-£913,000

Established: 33 years

https://nhslothiancharity.org/

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Financial or material assistance

Purposes

The advancement of health

Where it operates

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

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports 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 - East Lothian Community Hospital: Co-creating a Greenspace & Climate Action Plan
£10,000	02/02/2022	This group will co-create a Greenspace and Climate Action Plan with the communities which use and surround the newly built East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington. The plan will provide a ....more This group will co-create a Greenspace and Climate Action Plan with the communities which use and surround the newly built East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington. The plan will provide a route map for greenspace developments on the site including the co-design of a community garden encouraging people to engage in climate action through enhancing local biodiversity.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation
£136,923	15/04/2021	Young Volunteers Programme
Pears Foundation - Grant to Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation
£88,000	28/06/2018 24	Young Volunteers Programme at Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation

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 01/01/1992, number: SC007342

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

, EH1 3EG

Objectives

The advancement of health.

Data Sources

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