Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

    WEST LOTHIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 15/05/17 15/05/18 15/05/19 15/05/20 15/05/21 15/05/22 15/05/23
    Total income £8,590 £14,135 £14,605 £15,180 £12,532 £7,254 £7,638
    Total spending £23,085 £29,525 £24,458 £27,884 £31,611 £31,760 £29,540
    Surplus/deficit -£14,495 -£15,390 -£9,853 -£12,704 -£19,079 -£24,506 -£21,902
    Established: 67 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Performing and visual arts
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    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
    • Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who's supporting 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 28/10/1957, number: SC015454
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Exchange Place 3, Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL

    Objectives

    Promoting education in music among persons belonging to the County- by establishing, maaintaining and equipping or assisting to establish, maintain and equip choirs and orchestras composed wholly or mainly of the said persons. by granting assistance to any such person who shows exceptional promise in vocal or instrumental music and who requires financial aid to enable him to obtain special tution, and by organizing and defraying or assisting to organize and defray the expenses of musical performances and music lectures.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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