Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

COTTAGE FAMILY CENTRE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 37 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
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 £332,830 £370,225 £402,854 £500,022 £894,072
Donations & Legacies £57,791 £68,068 £86,192 £151,269 £98,154
Other Income
Investment Income £1
Total income £400,731 £446,145 £498,570 £655,625 £747,861 £1,000,851
Charitable activities spending £401,690 £486,757 £503,779 £584,852 £825,604
Fundraising costs
Other spending £920 £295
Total spending £401,690 £486,757 £504,699 £585,147 £579,792 £825,604
Surplus/deficit -£959 -£40,612 -£6,129 £70,478 £168,069 £175,247
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Fife

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 Community Fund£77,490
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£34,731
William Grant Foundation£30,000
Foundation Scotland£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cottage Family Centre
£15,000 21/07/2022
From the Philippians Trust.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Cottage Family Centre
£1,391 23/10/2021
We want to give out food packs to fuel a family for seven days and also buy white goods for families who can't afford them.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Connecting Families Project
£77,490 07/05/2021
This group will use the funding to provide individualised therapeutic interventions to young people aged 5-16 years of age and their families who are facing chaotic and complex family challenges. ....more
William Grant Foundation - General operating support 2020-23
£30,000 15/10/2020
36
General operating support for core costs for three years for this family support charity.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Changing Lives, Transforming Futures
£34,731 27/05/2020
Request is for Salary costs of a part time Children’s Therapeutic Support Worker. The changing Lives, transforming futures project will provide 1:1 therapeutic support to children aged 3 – 16 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Cottage Family Centre
£94,438 05/07/2018
32
This group, based in the Templehall area of Kirkcaldy will deliver therapeutic activity based interventions to children aged between three and 16 and their parents. Initial intervention will be ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - 40 Minds That Matter
£38,724 25/05/2018
The 40 Minds that Matter Project will provide therapeutic counselling to 20 parents per year from 1st April 2018 – 31st March 2020 who have multiple social, medical and psychological challenges ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Cottage Family Centre
£3,626 04/08/2017
Funding will provide children with a programme of exercise and personal training in an effort to build confidence and decrease anxiety.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cottage Family Centre
£91,089 01/11/2014
This project will provide a therapeutic and counselling service to children experiencing challenging family and social situations. They will be happier and more confident and improve their family ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 46-77
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 13/04/1987, number: SC014271
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/07/2004, number: SC271291
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Cottage Family Centre, 29-31 Cawdor Cresent, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY2 6LH

Objectives

To promote the welfare and relieve the needs of families with pre-school children in Kirkcaldy and its environs by: (1) Providing a community resource to support such families and exploring new avenues of childcare and family support not already provided by child centres and nurseries. and (2) Seeking to prevent breakdown with the family, in particular between parent and child. and (3) Promoting action for the eradication, directly or indirectly, of poverty.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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