Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

PAIN ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND 

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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £214,411 £222,275 £238,448 £233,762 £239,229 £214,418
Total spending £210,029 £226,394 £227,444 £194,088 £239,660 £213,504
Surplus/deficit £4,382 -£4,119 £11,004 £39,674 -£431 £914
Established: 37 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Perth And Kinross
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Who supports 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£34,510
Scottish Government£27,030
Foundation Scotland£7,870
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Mental Health and Wellbeing - Dundee Women's Prison
£3,200 23/01/2023
11
Towards an intensive 5 week course for the residents of Dundee Women's Prison, following by a monthly group session. From the Champ Fund.
National Lottery Community Fund - Finding New Ways Forward
£9,810 17/06/2022
This group will use funds to deliver a short programme of workshops for people in Glasgow and Edinburgh living with chronic pain.
National Lottery Community Fund - One-to-one triage support for people with chronic pain
£8,000 24/05/2021
This group will use the funding to provide specialist one-to-one telephone-based helpline support to people who suffer from chronic pain across Dumfries and Galloway.
Scottish Government - Pain Association Scotland
£8,179 26/01/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pain Association Scotland
£2,000 10/12/2020
11
to cover the cost of running education sessions.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pain Association Scotland
£2,670 10/06/2020
To provide patients on hospital waiting lists for first appointments at chronic pain clinics with the opportunity to attend an on-line supported self-management course over the course of a week for 2 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for people with chronic pain
£8,200 28/05/2020
8
This group deliver a range of support to people living with chronic pain in Scotland. The funding will allow the group to offer online support and self management sessions to people with chronic pain ....more
Scottish Government - Pain Association Scotland
£18,851 15/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Self-management education for Carers
£8,500 26/11/2019
14
This group will use the funding to run self-management sessions for carers suffering from chronic pain in Dumfries & Stranraer and one to one telephone support for those in more remote areas.
National Lottery Community Fund - Self-Management for people burdened with Chronic Pain
£31,414 19/08/2016
36
This group will use the grant to continue their services in the Western Isles (Stornoway and Benbecula) providing learning and support for chronic pain sufferers. The association will expand to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Directors: 34-72
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/06/1987, number: SC014486
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/1987, number: SC105105
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

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Objectives

The Objects for which the Company is established are to provide self-management training , advice and education for people suffering directly or indirectly from any form of chronic painful condition , irrespective of diagnosis, where such provision is in the interest of people's health and well being and is made with the object of improving the condition of life of both sufferers and carers.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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