Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    LINTON LANE CENTRE SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    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 £99,767 £74,421 £74,457 £86,115 £79,988 £103,194
    Total spending £96,815 £77,983 £76,483 £73,459 £118,095 £110,780
    Surplus/deficit £2,952 -£3,562 -£2,026 £12,656 -£38,107 -£7,586
    Established: 87 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    Where it operates
    • Fife
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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£59,512
    Foundation Scotland£15,359
    Scottish Government£6,804
    The Foyle Foundation£4,000
    Corra Foundation£3,200
    DCMS£3,197
    Co-Operative Group£1,331
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Linton Lane Centre
    £1,331 23/10/2021
    We would like to continue our support to the community, with new activities/ongoing groups as we come out of Covid-19.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Linton Lane Centre SCIO
    £3,150 04/11/2020
    To purchase food, and other items allowing LLC to adapt their yearly Christmas Day community meal taking into account COVID-19 regulations.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £3,197 21/08/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Linton Lane Centre SCIO
    £3,197 21/08/2020
    To improve the safety of the Centre through the provision of screens to separate tables, face masks with clear guards for the elderly, hand cleaning stations and a commercial washer dryer machine to ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Linton Lane Centre
    £50,712 09/07/2020
    24
    This group will use the funding to continue the core activities of Linton Lane Centre in Kirkcaldy. Activities are wide ranging with the aim of building new skills accessing support and building ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Linton Lane Centre SCIO
    £5,000 18/06/2020
    to contribute towards the salary costs of two peer mentors.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Linton Lane Centre SCIO
    £4,012 27/05/2020
    To contribute to support for older members of the Templehall community in Kirkcaldy who are isolated as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown by providing funding for food items and treats to prepare ....more
    Scottish Government - Linton Lane Centre
    £6,804 09/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Linton Lane - Focus on youth homelessness
    £8,800 24/10/2019
    3
    This project will run creative drama workshops for young people aged 16-25 who are experiencing homelessness, or at high risk of homelessness. This will give them the chance to express their lived ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £4,000 20/09/2019
    towards Focus on Youth Homelessness, a drama workshop programme for young people taking place over 16 weeks in 2020
    Corra Foundation - HDG-19/449
    £3,200 01/06/2019
    Towards volunteer expenses.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Linton Lane Centre
    £3,974 19/11/2018
    We want to run a cookery course covering cooking on a budget, zero waste and good nutrition to support those who use the Foodbank.
    Corra Foundation - HDA-18/128
    £4,000 29/03/2018
    Towards the costs of the Artists for a drama programme with people experiencing disadvantage.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Linton Lane Centre
    £3,091 29/11/2017
    We want to provide a community lunch on a weekly basis supporting the senior citizen group (Grey Panthers) and open to all the community.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Linton Lane Centre
    £3,580 04/08/2017
    Offer friendship through sharing a meal, reduce social isolation, support family activities.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Linton Lane Centre
    £96,672 26/06/2017
    36
    This group will run a three-year programme of activities including a playgroup, craft sessions for young children and parents, cookery and exercise classes and a breakfast group where people can also ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Planning For The Next Fifty Years Down The Lane
    £10,000 12/07/2016
    12
    This group operate a community centre in Kirkcaldy. The group will use the funding to carry out improvements and repairs to the interior and exterior of their building.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Family Fun Down the Lane
    £10,000 12/02/2013
    12
    The grant will be used to pilot a new playgroup in the community centre. Based in Kirkcaldy, Fife, the project will provide a new opportunity for children aged from two and a half to three and a half ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 28/02/1937, number: SC015342
    • Notes: The SCIO was incorporated on 19 December 2013 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Linton Lane Centre SC015342 which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 28 February 1937.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Linton Lane, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY2 6LF

    Objectives

    4.1 To foster community spirit and promote the interests of the people of Kirkcaldy and environs through providing a focus for community, educational and social activity. 4.2 Providing and sustaining well-maintained, friendly, welcoming and accessible premises for local groups and organisations to rent or use for community, educational, recreational and social activity with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities are provided 4.3 Advancing citizenship and community development through providing and supporting opportunities for volunteering and civic responsibility through encouraging engagement of the Centre and Centre groups in a range of activities 4.4 Advancing education by providing and promoting the benefits of community and educational activity 4.5 Developing opportunities which may be beneficial to the general community and particularly vulnerable groups • Hosting or running activities and clubs which are relevant to the wants and needs of the children and young people of Kirkcaldy and environs and their families and which are open to all, and to undertake activities relevant to the ages of the children and young people which aim to: • Build their self-esteem and self-confidence • Develop their ability to manage personal & social relationships • Create learning and develop new skills • Build their capacity to consider risk and make reasoned decisions and take control • Develop a world view which widens horizons and invites social commitment

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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