Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 7

BLACKWOOD HOMES AND CARE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Established: 48 years

www.blackwoodgroup.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Data adjusted to reflect year end change

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/23
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income	£17,165,000	£17,773,000	£18,231,000	£21,232,000	£33,290,000
Charitable activities spending
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending	£16,887,000	£17,003,000	£19,047,000	£20,927,000	£27,766,000
Surplus/deficit	£278,000	£770,000	-£816,000	£305,000	£5,524,000

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Older People
People with disabilities or health problems
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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£1,613,702
Scottish Government	£92,650
National Lottery Community Fund	£4,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Blackwood Neighbourhoods for Independent Living
£170,563	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004488
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Blackwood Neighbourhoods for Independent Living
£1,443,138	01/04/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004488
National Lottery Community Fund - Belses Gardens Care Home Community Garden
£4,900	26/02/2021 12	This project based in Cardonald will enable the community of Belses Gardens to participate in a range of outdoor gardening activities.
Scottish Government - Blackwood Homes and Care
£92,650	15/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Blackwood Volunteering
£10,000	30/01/2019 12	This group will use the funding to develop their volunteering activities including digital inclusion and befriending. The project will be delivered in the organisation's Glasgow based homes for ....more This group will use the funding to develop their volunteering activities including digital inclusion and befriending. The project will be delivered in the organisation's Glasgow based homes for adults with complex needs and severe disabilities.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Connecting Edinburgh
£10,000	03/04/2017	This project will introduce digital technology into sheltered schemes across Edinburgh where Blackwood have recently been awarded a contract to provide care at home services. Activity will be ....more This project will introduce digital technology into sheltered schemes across Edinburgh where Blackwood have recently been awarded a contract to provide care at home services. Activity will be delivered across Edinburgh in Sheltered Housing schemes and between 200 to 280 individuals will be trained in digital skills using the 5 core skills areas as developed by Go On UK. The main beneficiaries will be elderly people living in the schemes but, additionally, the care staff will also be upskilled to support their clients to use new digital technology like smart phones and apps.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Blackwood Connect Tayside
£10,000	03/04/2017	Blackwood are committed to providing free at point of access Wi-Fi to all tenants as part of their care at home package. Over the next 3 years Blackwood will invest over £800,000 in the installation ....more Blackwood are committed to providing free at point of access Wi-Fi to all tenants as part of their care at home package. Over the next 3 years Blackwood will invest over £800,000 in the installation of Wi-Fi infrastructure. This significant investment is designed to support customers as more and more services move to digital by default. In the Tayside area they have already trialed their care and support system “CleverCogs” with a number of customers. This service will be rolled out to all customers supported by the Wi-Fi system. Blackwood recognise the need to support customers in the provision of this new technology and therefore will be seeking to increase the level of digital skills training and support offered on site. This project will see a digital skills trainer recruited for the Tayside area who will provide ongoing training and support to customers and staff.

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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 19/02/1976, number: SC007658

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ

Objectives

2.1 to provide for the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the provision, construction, improvement and management of land and accommodation and the provision of care. and 2.2 any other purpose or object permitted under Section 24 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 which is charitable both for the purposes of Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and also in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts.

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