Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +9

    NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND 

    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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Established: 98 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    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 £593,000 £662,000 £530,000 £450,000 £752,000
    Donations & Legacies £581,000 £852,000 £975,000 £418,000
    Other Income £18,421,000 £15,280,000 £15,955,000 £16,880,000 £17,505,000
    Investment Income £189,000 £215,000 £230,000 £169,000 £222,000
    Total income £19,907,000 £17,138,000 £17,807,000 £17,941,000 £18,810,000 £19,668,000
    Charitable activities spending £20,210,000 £17,799,000 £19,218,000 £19,241,000 £22,016,000
    Fundraising costs 26% 23% 25% 37% 2% 21%
    Other spending
    Total spending £20,551,000 £18,181,000 £19,629,000 £19,573,000 £21,224,000 £22,427,000
    Surplus/deficit -£644,000 -£1,043,000 -£1,822,000 -£1,632,000 -£2,414,000 -£2,759,000
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

    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
    The Foyle Foundation£125,000
    Bòrd na Gàidhlig£85,650
    Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£24,400
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Neach-Sgeulaiche Gàidhlig air Mhuinntireas
    £19,400 20/06/2023
    This application is for funding for a one-year residency: a “Gaelic Story-Maker in Residence” or Neach-Sgeulaiche Gàidhlig air Mhuinntireas. This will create a prestigious opportunity for a ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to National Library Of Scotland
    £1,000 19/06/2023
    Donation from The Leckie Family Fund
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Library of Scotland
    £24,400 16/12/2022
    Explore: National Library of Scotland
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to National Library Of Scotland
    £2,000 09/12/2022
    Donation from The Viewforth Fund Donor Advised. Newspapers Appeal.
    William Grant Foundation - Festival of Broadcasting
    £9,500 05/12/2022
    Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request to support the Festival of Broadcasting, celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Scotland, encompassing a wide programme of public events and ....more
    Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Cinema Sgìre
    £25,000 09/06/2022
    A' fastadh oifigear gus filmichean Cinema Sgìre a chur ann an cruth didseatach / Hiring an officer to digitise Cinema Sgìre films
    The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
    £125,000 03/12/2021
    towards consortium acquisition of Honresfield Library into public ownership, including significant historic literary manuscripts, letters and books
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to National Library Of Scotland
    £2,000 14/05/2021
    Donation from The Leckie Family Trust
    Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Gaelic language version of Library Search
    £16,250 09/06/2020
    A’ fastadh neach air inntearnas gus eadar-theangachadh Gàidhlig a dhèanamh air an t-seirbheis lorgaidh airson tasglannan na leabharlainn (is leabharlannan eile) / Hiring an intern to translate a ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £25,000 20/03/2020
    A Treasures Gallery for the National Library of Scotland
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to National Library Of Scotland
    £2,000 24/01/2020
    Joint Benefactors contribution plus £1000 additional gift from Sarah Whitley and Graham Whyte - The Viewforth Trust
    Bòrd na Gàidhlig - For the Record: A Gaelic Arts Access project
    £25,000 20/05/2019
    Oifigear fhastadh airson taic a chur ri tasglannan foillseachaidh a’ Chomunn Gàidhealach a chur air loidhne airson a’ phobaill / Hiring an officer to publish publication archives of An Comunn ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to National Library of Scotland
    £26,000 29/11/2018
    to run a one year internship in preventive conservation
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Library of Scotland
    £350,000 22/11/2017
    100 Years of Scottish Photography: a Window into our Past
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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 01/01/1926, number: SC011086
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW

    Objectives

    The advancement of education. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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