Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

ROSS & CROMARTY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 44 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 £378,577 £443,493 £390,766 £411,530 £381,644
Donations & Legacies £2,120 £210 £350 £200
Other Income
Investment Income £5 £63
Total income £387,407 £457,016 £396,811 £412,785 £472,495 £381,907
Charitable activities spending £373,473 £413,813 £414,102 £412,300 £417,516
Fundraising costs 1% 3% 4% 0%
Other spending
Total spending £375,766 £428,526 £430,738 £412,936 £413,692 £417,516
Surplus/deficit £11,641 £28,490 -£33,927 -£151 £58,803 -£35,609
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Government - Ross & Cromarty Citizens Advice Bureau
£9,640 22/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - The costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator and Support Worker
£33,000 31/10/2015
The costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator and Support Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind-Full
£168,007 11/03/2014
24
Mind-Full

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 52-86
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 05/02/1980, number: SC014736
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/07/1997, number: SC176909
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Suie House, Market Square, Alness, Ross-shire, IV17 0UD

Objectives

The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit in Ross and Cromarty and the surrounding area (lithe area of local benefit') and elsewhere, by: (i) The advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. (ii) The relief of those in need by assessing clients entitlement to welfare benefits, by providing assistance in claiming benefits and by assisting them to appeal against refusal to benefits and by doing so ensure they do not suffer from poverty. (iii) The advancement of civil and human rights by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their civil and human rights and by taking such actions as are intended to redress the situation and redress wrongs and restore justice. (iv) Advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients problems and alleviates the injury, stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. (v) Advancement of community development by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Citizens Advice Bureau who in tum assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the development of their community. Where the objects are being promoted outwith the defined area of local benefit the Company may work with organisations with similar aims but shall at all times adhere to the agreed principles for the operation of Citizens Advice Bureau set out from time to time by the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureau.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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