Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    THE ARGYLL PIPING TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    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 30/11/22
    Total income £58,243 £49,813 £75,066 £52,296 £40,851 £34,800
    Total spending £52,546 £48,446 £65,920 £58,980 £64,161 £74,095
    Surplus/deficit £5,697 £1,367 £9,146 -£6,684 -£23,310 -£39,295
    Established: 32 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Performing and visual arts
    Purposes
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    William Grant Foundation - Primary schools piping tuition 2022-2025
    £30,000 16/09/2022
    36
    To contribute to maintaining and expanding the Trust's programme of bagpipe tuition in primary schools delivered in partnership with Argyll & Bute Council, over three years. Keywords: music ....more
    William Grant Foundation - Schools Piping Tuition
    £30,000 23/09/2019
    36
    To contribute to expanding the Trust's programme of bagpipe tuition in primary schools in Argyll & Bute from 17 to 36 primary schools, over three years.

    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 01/01/1992, number: SC012513
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    7 Fantley Lane, Silton, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 5AH

    Objectives

    The education of the public in the art of the Highland Bagpipe and of Scottish Dancing and Folk Music

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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