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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

ABERDEEN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending


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Established: 121 years

www.vsa.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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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 £14,805,000 £14,922,000 £15,406,000 £17,767,000 £18,422,000
Donations & Legacies £514,000 £1,034,000 £1,698,000 £1,218,000
Other Income £275,000
Investment Income £222,000 £169,000 £134,000 £92,000 £103,000
Total income £15,708,000 £16,595,000 £17,430,000 £19,081,000 £19,424,000 £21,617,000
Charitable activities spending £16,912,000 £17,037,000 £17,492,000 £19,013,000 £21,872,000
Fundraising costs 2% 2% 3% 1% 5% 1%
Other spending £239,000
Total spending £17,262,000 £17,416,000 £17,928,000 £19,248,000 £20,217,000 £22,347,000
Surplus/deficit -£1,554,000 -£821,000 -£498,000 -£167,000 -£793,000 -£730,000
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Aberdeen
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? ?

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£158,700
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Scottish Government£98,800
Wolfson Foundation£80,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Donation from the Budge Foundation
£1,150 06/11/2023
Donation from the Budge Foundation.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA)
£1,153 16/05/2023
Anonymous donation from Foundation Scotland Donor
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA)
£850 09/05/2022
Yearly donation from anonymous client. Please provide us with an update on your previous year's activities, which we can pass on to our client as an update.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to VSA
£1,392 23/10/2021
VSA would like to continue to offer a free place for families to explore the countryside and have positive interactions with our trainees that have additional support needs.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA)
£664 06/05/2021
Yearly donation from anonymous client. Please provide us with an update on your previous year's activities, which we can pass on to our client as an update. Email: leanne at ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA)
£5,000 12/10/2020
To enhance the environments and experiences of their older residents through the use of core therapy areas; music and sensory.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA)
£730 25/06/2020
Yearly donation from anonymous client. Please provide us with an update on your previous year's activities, which we can pass on to our client as an update.
Foundation Scotland - Abergeldie House Photovoltaic Panels
£10,000 24/06/2020
To part fund solar panels for residential mental well being facility.
Scottish Government - Aberdeen Association of Social Service
£98,800 15/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - VSA COVID-19 Appeal
£10,000 24/04/2020
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This social care provider will use the grant to support older people in care homes in Aberdeen who are experiencing COVID-19 lockdown measures. They will facilitate virtual contact with families and ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA)
£5,000 15/04/2020
To provide IT and communications equipment to vulnerable people in residential settings and staff delivering outreach and counselling services in Aberdeen and the surrounding area.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to VSA
£158,700 05/03/2020
Who do we care for & who cares for us? 150 years of Aberdeen social care
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Linn Moor Mini Bus
£10,000 27/11/2019
Linn Moor School delivers residential care to children living with severe autism; most of our pupils are nonverbal communicative. Funding is to purchase a fit for purpose vehicle in order to deliver ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 28/06/2019
Abergeldie House
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to VSA
£80,000 13/06/2019
Construction of facility providing residential care and an outreach service supporting adults with mental health conditions
Robertson Trust - Capital costs of Abergeldie House
£300,000 04/12/2018
Capital costs of Abergeldie House
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 48-77
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/07/1903, number: SC012950
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/05/1935, number: SC018487
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

38 Castle Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5YU

Objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty. The advancement of education. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage The advancement of health

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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