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home >> charity search >> the r s macdonald charitable trust
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

    THE R S MACDONALD CHARITABLE TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
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    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
    Donations & Legacies
    Other Income £7,500 £8,409 £2,000 £1,000 £5,000
    Investment Income £1,822,802 £1,719,129 £2,070,000 £1,780,000 £2,125,000
    Total income £1,830,302 £1,727,538 £2,072,000 £1,781,000 £1,996,000 £2,130,000
    Charitable activities spending £2,406,909 £3,009,188 £2,699,000 £2,102,000 £2,967,000
    Fundraising costs INF% INF% INF% INF% 28% INF%
    Other spending
    Total spending £2,716,179 £3,306,301 £3,010,000 £2,570,000 £3,149,000 £3,478,000
    Surplus/deficit -£885,877 -£1,578,763 -£938,000 -£789,000 -£1,153,000 -£1,348,000
    Established: 45 years

    www.rsmacdonald.com

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Services for females
    Purposes
    • The advancement of health
    • The saving of lives
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','the advancement of animal welfare
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    • Other defined groups
    • 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 08/03/1979, number: SC012710
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    21 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, EH1 2BB

    Objectives

    The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and income thereof for such other charitable body as provides any of the following benefits. but on condition that such body is resident, based in, or operating in Scotland: 3.1. The care and welfare of individuals suffering from neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative disorders of genetic or other aetiology or from disorders affecting the nervous system resulting from specific incidents of trauma, poison or infection which result in damage to motor control, behaviour, communication or personality or from a combination of these. 3.2. The care and welfare of individuals who are either blind or suffering from visual impairment. 3.3. Research into the causation, or prevention or treatment and/or management, of the conditions set out in subparagraphs 3.1 and 3.2 above. 3.4. The care and welfare of children and young persons under the age of eighteen years who have been or are in danger of being abused physically, sexually or mentally. 3.5. The care and welfare of young persons who have been or are in danger of being abused physically, sexually or mentally, who are also eligible for after care services as set out in section 29 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 as amended. 3.6. The encouragement and promotion of welfare conditions for children and young persons under the age of 18 years whereby the likelihood of physical, sexual or mental abuse is reduced. 3.7. The care and welfare of non-human living creatures which are either in danger, facing danger, the victims of or in danger of being the victims of physical abuse. and 3.8. The encouragement of welfare conditions for non-human living creatures with a view to the reduction of the likelihood of physical abuse.

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