Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Very static board: -5
All female board: -3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -8

MIDLOTHIAN ADVICE & RESOURCE CENTRE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
Total income	£41,907	£41,432	£36,807	£89,221	£24,929	£46,847
Total spending	£47,028	£48,551	£49,666	£50,370	£47,280	£46,501
Surplus/deficit	-£5,121	-£7,119	-£12,859	£38,851	-£22,351	£346

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Established: 42 years

www.midarc.org

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

General Community services

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Midlothian

Who it helps

Older People
People with disabilities or health problems
No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Scottish Government - midlothian advice and resource centre (MARC CONTRACS)
£24,400	29/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (3)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 56-79

DUGAN, Pamela Alison
Appointed: 2015
Occupation: Admin Assistant

MCEACHEN, Caroline
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Retired

RUSSELL, Margot
Appointed: 2010
Occupation: Councillor

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 17/01/1983, number: SC009769
Registered at Companies House on 06/07/2004, number: SC270322

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

10 Woodburn Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 2AT

Objectives

The company's objects are:- (1) To further the education and training of socially excluded people resident in Midlothian, including young people, by providing them with opportunities for voluntary work in the field of social and community service. (2) To relieve poverty and social distress caused by lack of income or unemployment (and particularly among those resident in Midlothian) by means of: (i) offering information, advice and counselling (ii) promoting and developing social enterprise initiatives. (3) To protect and preserve the environment for the public benefit by (i) educating the public in the benefits of sustainable waste management practices. and (ii) carrying out research and development into sustainable waste management practices and disseminating the useful results of that research. In this clause, 'sustainable waste management practices' includes waste minimisation, minimisation of pollution and harm from waste, reuse of waste, recycling of waste, waste recovery activities and the clearing of pollutants from contaminated land.