Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

    THE EDINBURGH CAT PROTECTION LEAGUE 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
    Charitable activities £13,467 £18,642
    Donations & Legacies £393,743
    Other Income £14
    Investment Income £69,561 £94,504
    Total income £526,659 £201,363 £215,080 £478,841 £161,978 £471,990
    Charitable activities spending £156,976 £187,696
    Fundraising costs 4% 4%
    Other spending
    Total spending £156,273 £179,358 £215,127 £173,050 £182,567 £201,479
    Surplus/deficit £370,386 £22,005 -£47 £305,791 -£20,589 £270,511
    Established: 78 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Animal sanctuaries and shelters
    Purposes
    • The advancement of animal welfare
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 16/08/1946, number: SC014916
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , EH6 5HA

    Objectives

    The objects of the League are to promote the welfare of cats in every possible way, including the provision of a shelter under the charge of a suitable resident warden for stray and unwanted cats, the neutering of cats of both sexes by a fully qualified veterinary surgeon, to educate the public in the care and maintenance of cats, and to co-operate with other societies working for the welfare of cats in all ways consistent with this constitution.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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