Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 88 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
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 £15,467,000 £15,865,000 £16,497,000 £16,967,000 £25,169,000
Donations & Legacies £2,413,000 £1,721,000 £1,621,000 £2,383,000
Other Income £91,000 £30,000 £74,000 £2,000 £6,000
Investment Income £358,000 £337,000 £368,000 £321,000 £290,000
Total income £18,393,000 £18,018,000 £18,610,000 £19,699,000 £23,254,000 £27,807,000
Charitable activities spending £17,970,000 £17,932,000 £18,907,000 £19,349,000 £27,361,000
Fundraising costs 3% 4% 4% 4% 3% 3%
Other spending £9,254,000
Total spending £18,565,000 £18,602,000 £19,666,000 £20,122,000 £25,480,000 £37,308,000
Surplus/deficit -£172,000 -£584,000 -£1,056,000 -£423,000 -£2,226,000 -£9,501,000
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Stirling

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
National Lottery Community Fund£754,772
Corra Foundation£492,096
William Grant Foundation£477,000
Scottish Government£164,185
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
William Grant Foundation - Aberlour Youthpoint Moray 2024-2025
£82,000 20/12/2023
Contribution to the Aberlour Youthpoint Moray service in 2024 and 2025. Key words: youth work
William Grant Foundation - Urgent Assistance Fund
£55,000 01/12/2023
Contribution to a fund providing crisis cash grants to families in need across Scotland. Keywords: cost of living
National Lottery Community Fund - Aberlour's Lothian Perinatal Befriending Service
£100,000 22/12/2022
This group will use the funding to provide a perinatal befriending service to mothers in Edinburgh and the Lothians experiencing perinatal mental health difficulties. Volunteer befrienders are ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£100 19/12/2022
FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE FUND Donation from Nick Addington Fund
William Grant Foundation - Urgent Assistance Fund
£50,000 06/12/2022
Contribution to a fund providing crisis cash grants to families in need across Scotland. Keywords: cost of living
William Grant Foundation - Perinatal mental health befriending 2022-2024
£120,000 07/09/2022
24
Unrestricted funding over two years given in response to a request for support towards expanding Aberlour's perinatal befriending service across the Lothians area. Including community-based volunteer ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Aberlour Jamboree (Abjam
£5,163 12/07/2022
This group will use the funding to deliver a weekend event for 40 young people who are experiencing disadvantage. The young people will come from across Scotland and the event will have activities ....more
Corra Foundation - PDI-21/2211
£251,342 10/06/2022
To fund the salaries and running costs for the YP Zone which will support young people and their families across Moray.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£200 23/05/2022
Please use this donation for your Urgent Assistance Fund. From Irene Schofield.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£200 11/12/2021
Please use for the Recovery fund. From Irene Schofield.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£500 11/10/2021
Donation from Irene Schofield - please assign this donation to the Urgent Assistance Fund.
William Grant Foundation - Aberlour Youthpoint Moray
£70,000 23/09/2021
24
Contribution to the Aberlour Youthpoint Moray service over 2 years.
Scottish Government - Aberlour Child Care Trust
£24,750 14/09/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Aberlour Child Care Trust
£40,000 31/08/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£150 09/08/2021
Donation from Irene Schofield
Corra Foundation - PDI-20/2977
£113,754 10/12/2020
the development of the Intensive Perinatal Support Service
Corra Foundation - PDI-21/001
£127,000 10/12/2020
continuing the support for the Intensive Family Support Service
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£100 03/12/2020
Donation from the F Laing Family Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£300 22/11/2020
Surviving Winter Appeal donation from Irene Schofield
Comic Relief - Allies Project Recovery Funding
£10,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Scottish Government - Aberlour Child Care Trust
£99,435 26/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,188 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
William Grant Foundation - Coronavirus Assistance
£60,000 20/04/2020
12
Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. Keywords: family support, young people, children
William Grant Foundation - Coronavirus Urgent Assistance Fund
£40,000 25/03/2020
6
To be distributed as crisis grants to individuals and families affected by the Covid-19 crisis through the charity's Urgent Assistance Fund.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustain - Early Intervention Family Support
£158,000 23/03/2020
23
This group will use the funding to improve the wellbeing of children aged between five and eleven, and their families in Kilwinning who are affected by stress, anxiety and low mood. The activities ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Aberlour Child Care Trust
£15,000 27/02/2020
12
Edinburgh Perinatal Mental Health Befriending Service
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the two full-time Support Coordinators for the Perinatal Befriending Service (Forth Valley).
£52,500 10/09/2019
The salary costs of the two full-time Support Coordinators for the Perinatal Befriending Service (Forth Valley).
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming Together
£491,609 19/06/2019
35
This project is for Aberlour to transform the way it delivers support for vulnerable children and families in Scotland, shifting focus away from crisis intervention to early intervention/prevention ....more
Glasgow City Council - North West Youth Programme( Aberlour Youthpoint)
£18,928 15/03/2019
This award is part of the West Youth Programme and will deliver a Programme of generic and diversionary youth services to be delivered in the Whiteinch neighbourhood.
Glasgow City Council - Youthpoint Glasgow
£33,701 05/03/2019
To provide a range of linked services to young people aged between 11 and 19 years within Greater Pollok that engage, inform, divert and support young people at risk of social exclusion.
William Grant Foundation - Aberlour Youthpoint Moray
£30,000 01/09/2018
12
To support the running costs of the Youthpoint service based in Elgin for one year. The service provides a range of support to young people facing barriers to fulfilling their potential.
Glasgow City Council - North West Youth Programme( Aberlour Youthpoint)
£18,928 07/06/2018
This award is part of the West Youth Programme and will deliver a Programme of generic and diversionary youth services to be delivered in the Whiteinch neighbourhood.
Glasgow City Council - Youthpoint Glasgow
£33,701 06/06/2018
To provide a range of linked services to young people aged between 11 and 19 years within Greater Pollok that engage, inform, divert and support young people at risk of social exclusion.
Comic Relief - Building resilience in young men
£149,910 28/03/2018
36
The Guardianship Service is based in Glasgow and run by Aberlour and the Scottish Refugee Council. It supports around 150 unaccompanied children and young people each year who have arrived via ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Aberlour Perinatal Mental Health Befriending Service – East Lothian
£415,607 28/03/2018
36
This group will use the funding to provide support for women and their families in East Lothian during pregnancy and up to their child's first birthday. Over three years it will work with 180 mothers ....more
Corra Foundation - PDI-17/407
£335,713 01/02/2018
towards salaries and running costs associated with the Dumfries Intensive Family Support Service
National Lottery Community Fund - South Ayrshire Family Support
£150,000 27/09/2017
24
This group will continue to deliver activities to families where one or both parents have a learning disability and who have a child/children up to 16 years old. Parents will be offered support ....more
Comic Relief - Aberlour Perinatal Mental Health Befriending
£179,811 28/09/2016
24
Aberlour is one of Scotland’s largest children’s charities. It noticed that over 40% of referrals to its family services in the Forth Valley area were due to a parental mental health problem. In ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Dundee Early Intervention Team
£331,533 19/05/2016
24
This project is a partnership between four of the leading children’s charities in Scotland: Aberlour Child Care Trust, Action for Children Scotland, Barnardo’s Scotland and Children ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Aberlour Youthpoint Glasgow
£15,000 25/11/2015
Aberlour Youthpoint Glasgow seeks support to further develop our understanding of children hugely at risk of abuse, exploitation, and substance and alcohol misuse to ensure their needs are more ....more
Corra Foundation - PDI-15/161
£59,936 08/10/2015
to continue to support the salaries and running costs of the Family Outreach service in Annan and Stewartry
National Lottery Community Fund - Aberlour Family Service - South Ayrshire
£373,633 08/10/2015
24
Aberlour Family Service South Ayrshire
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aberlour Youthpoint Glasgow
£12,000 31/03/2014
Young Govan Stones Educational Project
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bridges Partnership (TBP)
£650,945 12/03/2014
48
The Bridges Partnership (TBP)
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Mothers and Babies in Prison
£5,000 28/03/2013
Mothers and Babies in Prison
National Lottery Community Fund - Aberlour Family Support Service
£391,610 13/03/2013
36
The trust will provide intensive support to families at risk where one or both parents have an identified learning disability. The project will improve parenting capacity and basic life skills in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - LifeWorks Fife: Successful Transitions to Independent Living for Care-Leave
£611,415 07/11/2012
60
This project aims to improve outcomes for care leavers by providing befriending support from a pool of 20-30 volunteers, as well as key worker support from a team of four LifeWorks staff. The project ....more
Dulverton Trust - Youthpoint Glasgow
£60,000 15/02/2012
Youthpoint Glasgow
National Lottery Community Fund - Dundee Early Intervention Team
£1,080,000 13/12/2011
48
This project will be delivered by a partnership of the four largest children's charities in Scotland, and relevant local statutory services. Together they will use their knowledge, expertise and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Dundee Early Intervention Team
£10,000 27/06/2011
12
This is a development grant which has been awarded so that the applicant can work up a more detailed application.
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 32-71
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/03/1936, number: SC007991
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/12/2006, number: SC312912
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Kintail House, Forthside Way, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK8 1QZ

Objectives

3.1. The charitable purposes of the Trust are: 3.1.1 to provide, maintain and promote care, accommodation, support, training and/or services: 3.1.1.1 primarily for children and young persons who are in need of care, protection, assistance and/or training. 3.1.1.2 for vulnerable and/or disadvantaged adults whose assistance by the Trust will provide care, protection and/or assistance to children and young persons. and 3.1.1.3 for adults who are vulnerable and/ or disadvantaged and therefore remain in need of care, protection, assistance and/or training. 3.1.2 to provide, maintain and promote education, training, consultancy, research and information for: 3.1.2.1 the beneficiaries listed in 3.1.1, as may be required to meet their specific educational and physical needs. 3.1.2.2 current and prospective individuals and agencies involved whether through the Trust or otherwise, with issues relating principally to the beneficiaries listed in 3.1.1. and 3.1.2.3 members of the public generally and decision makers about the activities of the Trust and issues arising therefrom.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great