Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

FORTH ENVIRONMENT LINK 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 22 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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 £318,466 £239,942 £984,209 £1,084,107 £1,305,897
Donations & Legacies £808,210 £895,782 £130 £12,040 £35,569
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £1,126,676 £1,135,724 £984,339 £1,096,147 £1,388,406 £1,341,466
Charitable activities spending £571,832 £1,089,066 £1,073,361 £956,383 £1,371,995
Fundraising costs 2% 8% 8% 3% 3%
Other spending
Total spending £571,832 £1,113,017 £1,152,457 £1,047,750 £1,256,250 £1,411,301
Surplus/deficit £554,844 £22,707 -£168,118 £48,397 £132,156 -£69,835
What it does
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Stirling

Who's supporting 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Revive Food Skills Clackmannanshire
£9,999 29/07/2021
This group will use the funding to support communities in Clackmannanshire to grow more of their own food through a series of programmes delivered to the community.
Scottish Government - Forth Environment Link
£71,260 18/03/2021
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ebikes for key workers
£9,992 01/05/2020
12
This project will allow the group to increase their capacity to lend electric bikes to key workers during the COVID-19 crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Revive Skills
£9,974 12/11/2019
4
This project will allow the group to support young people, who struggle to engage in mainstream education across Falkirk,to take part in a programme of activities with an environmental focus in order ....more
Robertson Trust - Revive Wood Skills Project
£15,000 12/03/2019
Revive Wood Skills Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Forth Environment Link
£148,896 23/10/2017
36
This group will use the funding for their community led facility in Falkirk High Street. They will recruit a full time community officer and part time volunteer/training coordinator to work on a ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 33-70
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/02/2002, number: SC019276
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/06/2005, number: SC286723
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Cameron House, Forthside Way, Stirling, FK8 1QZ

Objectives

The company's objects are: - (1) to advance education in relation to the environment and sustainable living. (2) to advance health and to assist in the prevention and/or relief of ill health and to advance health education. (3) to advance environmental protection or improvement. (4) to relieve unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance in finding employment. (5) to promote training and skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist individuals in obtaining paid employment. (6) to promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and initiatives which are in furtherance of charitable purposes.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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