Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE CORRA 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 32 years
(38 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/03/23
Charitable activities £307,000 £475,000 £426,000 £458,000 £677,000
Donations & Legacies £18,682,000 £20,795,000 £58,255,000 £35,921,000
Other Income £7,000 £14,000 £98,000 £168,000
Investment Income £7,504,000 £854,000 £817,000 £736,000 £1,095,000
Total income £22,352,000 £26,623,000 £22,344,000 £59,596,000 £37,283,000 £55,581,000
Charitable activities spending £21,496,000 £22,926,000 £58,528,000 £38,238,000 £44,530,000
Fundraising costs 1%
Other spending
Total spending £19,653,000 £21,496,000 £22,926,000 £58,528,000 £38,238,000 £44,804,000
Surplus/deficit £2,699,000 £5,127,000 -£582,000 £1,068,000 -£955,000 £10,777,000
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion','the advancement of health','the saving of lives','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation','the promotion of religious or racial harmony','the promotion of equality and diversity','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','the advancement of animal welfare','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

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
Comic Relief£2,800,000
Lankelly Chase Foundation£498,900
National Lottery Community Fund£200,000
Tudor Trust£200,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Corra Foundation
£50,000 30/01/2024
An restricted grant of £50,000 towards the Human Rights Fund for Scotland. The Human Rights Fund for Scotland is a collaborative fund for Human Rights in Scotland.
William Grant Foundation - Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland
£150,000 10/10/2023
A contribution to a pooled fund supporting human rights-related infrastructure and activity in Scotland, to be used over 3 years. Keywords: Funder collaboration
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Corra Foundation
£400 23/01/2023
GIVE400.scot Campaign for fuel poverty and cost of living crisis support
Comic Relief - Corra Foundation #ShiftThePower Fund 2021-2023
£2,000,000 23/03/2021
24
Corra Foundation Intermediary funding programme 2021-23
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Corra Foundation
£230,000 11/01/2021
Corra Foundation
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£58,300 10/09/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£3,120 23/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
William Grant Foundation - The Listening Fund
£8,500 13/05/2020
24
To part fund additional costs of the Listening Fund.
Comic Relief - Scotland Intermediary Funder
£800,000 07/05/2020
12
COVID19 - Emergency Response - £650,000 are for Covid-19 emergency response work and £150,000 addtitional contribution ring frenced to support mental health Covid-19 responses.
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£17,239 06/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£39,600 29/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£24,600 29/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£11,130 29/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£8,260 20/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Corra Foundation
£21,500 17/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Unleashing the potential of social action in Scotland - an independent inquiry
£200,000 26/03/2020
36
The funding will contribute to enabling an independent inquiry into social action in Scotland. The inquiry aims to test how to remove barriers to social action through implementing learning gained ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Corra Foundation
£200,000 17/03/2020
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs of the People in Place programme working alongside nine communities in Scotland
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Corra Foundation
£268,900 24/02/2020
to take the principles and ideas of the Systems Changers Programme to one community in Scotland and co-design a process that will work for them
Comic Relief - Scotland Intermediary Funder
£2,000,000 09/01/2019
24
Corra Foundation’s vision is for society in which people create positive change and enjoy fulfilling lives. They do this in a way that puts people and communities at the heart of their four core ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland Listening Fund
£100,000 13/07/2018
29
The Listening Fund in Scotland will provide selected third sector organisations with grants, capacity building support and peer networking to help develop and take forward ideas that will increase ....more
Comic Relief - Listening Fund Scotland
£100,000 16/05/2018
24
The Listening Fund Scotland will support organisations to embed listening into their practice, culture and governance and strengthen their capacity to act upon the voices of children and young people ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - People in Place
£200,000 17/10/2017
24
To continue to support Corra’s People in Place work across 9 areas in Scotland.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Corra Foundation
£2,000 12/10/2017
6
Towards Project costs Towards #letschangethat a competition which will offer three £1,000 prizes to projects which enable people to create positive change in communities across Scotland.
Comic Relief - #letschangethat
£1,000 27/09/2017
In partnership with Corra (previously Lloyds Bank Foundation for Scotland) this grant covers one of several awards for winning ideas in a festival of social change by local people in Scotland, under ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland
£100,000 12/12/2016
12
To support Place-based work in Scotland
Tudor Trust - Grant to Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland
£300,000 26/11/2015
36
over three years to support community led 'place-based' work in nine under-resourced communities across Central Scotland
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Corra Foundation
£300,000 23/06/2015
36
Towards a pilot programme that will support residents in nine Scottish communities to devise and implement plans that will increase wellbeing and enhance the local environment.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Directors: 33-79
  • MCCULLOUGH, Luke
    Appointed: 2015
    Occupation: Parliamentary & Corporate Affairs Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC009481
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/11/1985, number: SC096068
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Office Suite 30, Pure Offices, 4 Lochside Way, Edinburgh, EH12 9DT

Objectives

The objects of Corra Foundation are to hold the charitable assets and any income and to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of anything which is a charitable purpose or a charitable institution (as defined below) in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit, principally in but not limited to Scotland, with the particular goal of advancing positive change and promoting opportunities, altruism, fairness and growth of aspirations, to ultimately improve the quality of life for the general public and their communities through the provision of financial and other support, and working in partnerships with others.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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