Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

    INVERCLYDE VOLUNTARY COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • Income has been volatile recently
    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 £252,262 £251,373 £274,415 £146,480 £165,031 £190,415
    Total spending £248,333 £260,968 £259,718 £160,332 £155,348 £136,319
    Surplus/deficit £3,929 -£9,595 £14,697 -£13,852 £9,683 £54,096
    Established: 49 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Inverclyde
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/06/1975, number: SC010793
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 15/05/2015 as a result of a change to SCIO application by Inverclyde Voluntary Council Of Social Service, Charity Number SC010793, which was an Unincorporated Association registered a a charity since 14/06/1975.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR21: 72 days late,
    Main office

    Unit 17, Lynedoch Industrial Estate, Greenock, PA15 4AX

    Objectives

    The purpose of IVCSS is to promote any charitable endeavour for the benefit of the inhabitants of Inverclyde and it s environs and in particular the relief of poverty, distress and sickness, the furtherance of the health and the advancement of the education of the elderly, the physically handicapped and those who have learning disabilities and other persons in necessitous circumstances and to provide such transport as may be required for the furtherance of such aims and objectives.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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