Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

    WESTBANK CENTRE TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

    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 £5,456 £6,315 £6,090 £5,007 £5,111 £4,385
    Total spending £13,147 £4,041 £5,332 £4,284 £46,340 £70,211
    Surplus/deficit -£7,691 £2,274 £758 £723 -£41,229 -£65,826
    Established: 32 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Poverty relief
    Purposes
    • The advancement of health
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • People with disabilities or health problems

    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 01/01/1992, number: SC018608
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR20: 11 days late,
    Main office

    Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9EE

    Objectives

    The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for the purpose of the, relief of sickness and ill health and in furtherance of such purpose and not otherwise the Trustees shall be entitled to apply the income and capital of the Trust Fund for the following purposes:- (a)In carrying on and promoting research into methods of physical mental and spiritualhealing treatment and rehabilitation of the sick whether in mind or body and in publishing the results of such research. (b)In establishing schools and other centres to prepare training programmes and to provide for the delivery and holding of lectures, exhibitions meeting classes and conferences.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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