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 ?

    BARFIL CHARITABLE 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 05/04/18 05/04/19 05/04/20 05/04/21 05/04/22 05/04/23
    Total income £27,752 £2,319 £134,782 £588,495 £33,520 £15,118
    Total spending £31,930 £33,739 £64,020 £89,295 £107,558 £75,900
    Surplus/deficit -£4,178 -£31,420 £70,762 £499,200 -£74,038 -£60,782
    Established: 33 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 health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','the advancement of animal welfare','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Dumfries And Galloway
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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 24/08/1991, number: SC018293
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , DG2 8RW

    Objectives

    The prevention and relief of poverty. The advancement of education. The advancement of health. The advancement of civic responsibility or community development. The advancement of, arts, heritage, culture, or science. The advancement of public participation in sport. The promotion of human rights, conflict resolution and reconciliation. The advancement of enviromental protection and improvement The promotion of animal welfare. Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the other preceding purposes.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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