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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

MERCHISTON CASTLE SCHOOL 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/07/17 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22
Charitable activities £11,304,180 £11,128,385 £10,425,980 £9,247,090 £10,803,333
Donations & Legacies £69,459 £510,426 £581,510 £497,980
Other Income
Investment Income £25,202 £45,158 £47,769 £24,924 £19,603
Total income £11,412,135 £11,665,293 £11,942,768 £11,172,614 £10,049,363 £11,149,997
Charitable activities spending £10,723,016 £10,821,280 £10,407,789 £9,823,908 £10,299,694
Fundraising costs 3% 3% 3% 3% 2% 1%
Other spending
Total spending £10,889,116 £11,127,967 £11,188,558 £10,706,220 £10,041,701 £10,415,411
Surplus/deficit £523,019 £537,326 £754,210 £466,394 £7,662 £734,586
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Established: 118 years

www.merchiston.co.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 51-73
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 30/05/1906, number: SC016580
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/07/1926, number: SC014265
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

294 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0PU

Objectives

The objects (Objects) for which the Company is established are to advance education including, but not limited to, the provision of a day and/or boarding school(s) or college(s) in or near Edinburgh or at other such places as the Governors may think fit.

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