Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

LEITH SCHOOL OF ART 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • 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
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Established: 36 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/05/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
Charitable activities £597,162 £606,338 £555,515 £459,816 £560,773 £710,369
Donations & Legacies £155,340 £197,150 £181,590 £353,459 £219,463
Other Income
Investment Income £102 £561 £634 £27 £123 £3,762
Total income £755,238 £811,416 £743,188 £815,499 £888,916 £938,397
Charitable activities spending £781,813 £831,610 £724,894 £695,443 £818,264 £882,263
Fundraising costs 1% 3% 3% 2% 3% 2%
Other spending
Total spending £791,113 £857,354 £748,720 £713,666 £845,987 £899,455
Surplus/deficit -£35,875 -£45,938 -£5,532 £101,833 £42,929 £38,942
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
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£42,528
Foundation Scotland£20,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Leith School Of Art
£5,000 18/05/2023
Unrestricted donation from the Fountainhall Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Leith School Of Art
£5,000 19/05/2022
Donation from the Fountainhall Trust.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Leith School Of Art
£10,000 09/05/2022
Donation from the Fountainhall Trust.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£7,500 12/11/2021
Community Classes
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Leith School Of Art
£500 29/04/2021
To be directed to the Leith School of Art Resilience Fund. No publicity please. From Angus Tulloch.
Scottish Government - Leith School of Art
£42,528 23/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 05/03/2019
Community Classes
Robertson Trust - The Community Art Classes
£19,500 31/10/2015
The Community Art Classes
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 39-78
  • SIBBALD, Anne
    Appointed: 2018
    Occupation: Organisational Development/Leadership Specialist
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/05/1988, number: SC007456
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/05/1988, number: SC111089
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

25 North Junction Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6HW

Objectives

(a) To set up and carry on schools at or by means of which students may obtain education and instruction and particularly in or with regard to art, architecture, drawing, designing, painting, sculpture and all other subjects whatever that may be conducive to the knowledge of or skill in any trade, pursuit or calling and do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the carrying on of such an establishments. and (b) to provide schools and all necesssaries and conveniences for or to students, teachers, lecturers, employees and officers temporarily or otherwise by the Company, and to afford them facilities for study, research, cultivation, teaching and performance of the tasks and duties allotted to them respectively.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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