Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    URRAS ACHADH AN DROIGHINN/THE AUCHINDRAIN TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    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 £39,468 £39,468 £25,852
    Donations & Legacies £332,737 £332,737
    Other Income £93,650
    Investment Income
    Total income £236,518 £248,311 £372,205 £372,205 £324,348 £353,110
    Charitable activities spending £364,724 £364,724 £349,995
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £230,975 £257,674 £364,724 £364,724 £287,721 £349,995
    Surplus/deficit £5,543 -£9,363 £7,481 £7,481 £36,627 £3,115
    Established: 59 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • UK and overseas, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','Other defined groups

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Auchindrain Trust
    £2,809 15/11/2019
    We want to buy tools, equipment and materials to support our young people in developing life and work experience.
    Foundation Scotland - Summer internships
    £2,650 20/03/2019
    3
    to contribute towards the cost of five summer internships in 2019.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Urras Achadh an Droighinn/the Auchindrain Trust
    £10,000 22/06/2017
    A’ Ruamhar aig Achamh an Droighinn: Dig It! 2017 at Auchindrain

    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 03/03/1965, number: SC015528
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 11/12/2014 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by The Auchindrain Trust which was a Trust registered as a charity since 03/03/1965.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , PA32 8WD

    Objectives

    The Trust's purposes are to advance education, heritage and culture through: 1. the operation of Auchindrain as a museum illustrative of its own history, the history of Scotland's joint tenancy townships, and more generally of agriculture and rural community life in Scotland. 2. the preservation and conservation of the relict cultural landscape of Auchindrain and of the Collection. 3. the protection of the Collection from deterioration, damage, loss, accidental destruction or unauthorised disposal, and with there being a strong presumption against the disposal of any item. 4. the provision of work-based training to individuals, where doing so facilitates and supports the advancement of the Trust's other charitable purposes.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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