Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE EVANS TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £30,378 £37,671 £29,540 £10,361 £5,616 £32,500
Total spending £15,720 £20,677 £28,985 £18,426 £18,140 £31,113
Surplus/deficit £14,658 £16,994 £555 -£8,065 -£12,524 £1,387
Established: 87 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
Purposes
  • The advancement of religion
  • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • East Lothian
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 30-72
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/12/1937, number: SC013755
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/08/2011, number: SC405537
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

20 , Craigs Bank, Edinburgh, EH12 8HD

Objectives

3.1 The provision of facilities for Christian Recreational Training (such training to include camp-life, nature study, hand-work, gymnastics, physical training of the body, the ordinary activities of a Scout Group and in general the development of all sides of the physical nature of the young people as well as the development of a spiritual life, and expressly providing that such training must not partake of the nature of Military Training) for the members of 66th Edinburgh (Charlotte Chapel) Scout Group and for other young people. 3.2 The furtherance of the interests of the 66t h Edinburgh (Charlotte Chapel) Scout Group (and of other groups and associations of young people if the Trustees in their discretion so decide 3.3 To win the allegiance of young people to the service of Jesus Christ and to the consecration of themselves to Him as their personal Saviour. 3.4 To provide religious instruction in conformity with the doctrinal basis of Charlotte Baptist Chapel, Edinburgh 3.5 To engage in other charitable purposes

Data Sources

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