Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

SCOTTISH SPINA BIFIDA ASSOCIATION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 58 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
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 £400,158 £402,001 £399,979 £474,992 £286,945
Donations & Legacies £777,291 £366,941 £282,058 £243,458
Other Income £785 £2,170 £134,140
Investment Income £6,942 £8,364 £8,235 £5,920 £10,252
Total income £1,623,557 £1,279,174 £1,106,571 £1,068,591 £1,060,115 £1,227,459
Charitable activities spending £971,224 £956,337 £915,224 £759,341 £818,340
Fundraising costs 22% 31% 34% 24% 19% 29%
Other spending
Total spending £1,322,070 £1,352,724 £1,283,310 £978,816 £933,578 £1,166,915
Surplus/deficit £301,487 -£73,550 -£176,739 £89,775 £126,537 £60,544
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: North Lanarkshire
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

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
Comic Relief£187,444
National Lottery Community Fund£137,156
Henry Smith Charity£122,400
Scottish Government£53,976
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£45,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland)
£122,400 22/09/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project supporting children, siblings, parents and carers affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Central Scotland.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Links Stronger Futures
£127,259 04/08/2022
This organisation will employ a Transition Support Worker to support young people aged 13-25 years who have Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. Young people will be provided with 1:1 and group support ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland
£1,000 31/08/2021
This project will fund the training and mentoring of a project worker to deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing their ....more
Comic Relief - Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland) Recovery Funding
£35,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will contribute to running costs of telephone and online support for disabled children and their families who are socially isolated and unable to attend groups due to Covid 19. ....more
Scottish Government - Scottish Spina Bifida Association
£53,976 26/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Scottish Spina Bifida Association
£3,600 18/05/2020
COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that supports people with Spina Bifida in North Lanarkshire
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland)
£4,500 09/04/2020
To provide interactive online workshops to people living with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and their families and carers across Scotland while they cannot access normal face to face support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Connections
£9,897 16/12/2019
11
This group will use the funding to continue their Positive Connections group in Aberdeen. Children with Spina Bifida, their siblings and carers from across the North East attend monthly meetings that ....more
Comic Relief - Be all you can be
£152,444 06/11/2019
60
Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland will provide tailored support to families with children affected by Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. This will include 1-to-1 and group support to help families ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Moving Forward Together
£45,000 29/05/2019
To provide support services for young people and adults across Scotland affected by the lifelong and complex disabilities of spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. The main support services offered are: ....more
Robertson Trust - The West of Scotland Family Support Services
£51,000 04/12/2018
The West of Scotland Family Support Services
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland)
£5,129 19/11/2018
Funds will provide monthly support groups for young people with spina bifida/hydrocephalus as well as their parents and carers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Links : Stronger Families (Phase 2)
£330,796 31/01/2018
36
The group will provide a range of specialist support for 85 children aged up to 14 years of age born with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus throughout Lothian, Borders, Fife, and Tayside. They will ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland
£75,440 14/06/2017
36
This project will help 19 young people who have spina bifida hydrocephalus and their siblings. It will provide a one-to-one service and group activities, help them access social and leisure ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Hydrocephalus: a Pathway for Change
£10,000 30/11/2016
Children with hydrocephalus have cognitive challenges which can impact their education and well-being. With NHS Lothian they are developing a holistic screening process to identify a pathway for ....more
Robertson Trust - The Continued Running Costs of The Family Support Service
£30,000 30/06/2015
The Continued Running Costs of The Family Support Service
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Links: Stronger Families
£392,509 25/06/2014
36
Not Available
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scottish Spina Bifida Association
£87,541 01/11/2013
This project will help young people who have spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their siblings. It will provide a one-to-one service and group activities help them access social and leisure ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Directors: 51-74
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/10/1966, number: SC013328
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/11/2000, number: SC213050
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Dan Young Building, 6 Craighalbert Way, Dullatur, Glasgow, G68 0LS

Objectives

1 The company’s objects are to provide care, welfare and assistance of any kind, promote research and education generally and to assist and generally do anything to support: (a) Persons with spina bifida, hydrocephalus or allied disorders. and (b) Relatives and those who share a close connection with persons with spina bifida, hydrocephalus or allied disorders. and 2 In addition, the company shall support and assist organisations and individuals having the care of persons with spina bifida, hydrocephalus or allied disorders.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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