Overall GiG Score: -2 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3

    HELENSLEA COMMUNITY HALL SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Established: 31 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22
    Total income £242,408 £323,247 £270,251 £85,831 £77,838
    Total spending £281,457 £304,067 £277,083 £78,338 £96,999
    Surplus/deficit -£39,049 £19,180 -£6,832 £7,493 -£19,161
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    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
    Glasgow City Council - The Urban Fox Programme
    £78,428 08/03/2019
    To deliver structured activities for young people to improve their confidence, communication and social skills.
    Glasgow City Council - Helenslea Hall
    £34,000 08/03/2019
    To engage young people and break down the barriers of territorialism using sport related activities, outward bound, residentials, drop-in services and ICT to encourage young people to develop their ....more
    Glasgow City Council - Voluntary Sector North East Glasgow
    £18,000 08/03/2019
    Providing a voice for the sector and providing representation on a variety of structures to feed into developments and provide a link to the wider network of organisations.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Helenslea Hall Management committee
    £129,975 16/06/2018
    36
    This group will use the grant to deliver a range of community activities from Helenslea Hall in Lilybank and across the east end of Glasgow. The activities will include tea dances, parent and toddler ....more
    Glasgow City Council - Helenslea Hall
    £34,000 08/06/2018
    To engage young people and break down the barriers of territorialism using sport related activities, outward bound, residentials, drop-in services and ICT to encourage young people to develop their ....more
    Glasgow City Council - Voluntary Sector North East Glasgow
    £18,000 08/06/2018
    Providing a voice for the sector and providing representation on a variety of structures to feed into developments and provide a link to the wider network of organisations.
    Glasgow City Council - The Urban Fox Programme
    £78,428 08/06/2018
    To deliver structured activities for young people to improve their confidence, communication and social skills.
    Corra Foundation - HDA-17/248
    £4,500 03/08/2017
    towards the salary of the part-time Child Development Worker and delivery of the weekly Parent & Toddler groups in an area of deprivation
    National Lottery Community Fund - Urban Fox Programme - Smoking Cessation Programme for Young People
    £10,000 25/01/2016
    12
    This group will use the funding to run a programme smoking cessation support for young people, and a group Tobacco Awareness programme in local colleges and secondary schools.
    Robertson Trust - The Development Officer
    £30,000 31/10/2015
    The Development Officer
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helenslea Hall - Urban Fox Programme
    £94,000 12/06/2014
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the 'Healthy Fox Clubs Programme', a project engaging deprived young people in the East End of Glasgow
    National Lottery Community Fund - Outward Bound Education Programme
    £10,000 15/01/2010
    12
    The committee wish to expand the activities they offer through their Urban Fox Programme for young people, with a focus on outdoor activities. This grant will fund their spring, summer, autumn and ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/11/1992, number: SC020865
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 14 March 2017 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC020865 Helenslea Community Hall Committee, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 23 November 1992
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    48 Methven Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, G31 4RB

    Objectives

    To provide social and recreational facilities for all sections of the local community in the Parkhead and Tollcross areas of Glasgow and its environs ('the Operating Area') To provide facilities for education, for physical and mental recreation and for social and community development among the residents of the Operating Area To bring together the local inhabitants, voluntary organisations and local authorities in a common effort to improve the living conditions of everyone in the area.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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