Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

    THE AITNOCH CHARITABLE TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22 30/09/23
    Total income £9,927 £9,530 £11,675 £18,778 £3,371 £2,996 £2,024
    Total spending £14,491 £16,480 £9,898 £6,535 £15,849 £16,043 £13,265
    Surplus/deficit -£4,564 -£6,950 £1,777 £12,243 -£12,478 -£13,047 -£11,241
    Established: 40 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
    • Financial or material assistance
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of religion','the advancement of health','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    • Other charities or voluntary bodies

    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 09/10/1984, number: SC017352
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR21: 125 days late, AR20: 237 days late, AR19: 50 days late, AR18: 66 days late,
    Main office

    , EH3 9EE

    Objectives

    the advancement of education including subscriptions towards the funds or trusts of any school or schools or universities recognised as a Charity or as Charities for income tax purposes and assistance to any individual in need of financial aid to undertake any worthwhile course of education or research project. (b) The relief of poverty or physical or mental infirmity. (c) Medical research, hospitals or homes, training institutions or hospices for the physically or mentally handicapped or terminally ill. (d) For payments to any religious body including any particular church, minister, mission, fund, congregation or committee connected with the or Church of Scotland and the Church of England. (e) The relief of famine or disease anywhere in the world provided that any charitable corporation or body to which money may be paid for this object is established in the United Kingdom (f) The care, education or training of handicapped children.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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