Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

COTHROM 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 32 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 £460,935 £446,811 £416,361 £432,420 £451,794
Donations & Legacies £626 £10,473 £1,335 £611 £12,144
Other Income
Investment Income £82 £195 £221 £56 £516
Total income £476,350 £468,332 £433,240 £437,319 £437,717 £476,324
Charitable activities spending £487,745 £495,188 £527,093 £456,093 £521,962
Fundraising costs 0% 1%
Other spending
Total spending £487,745 £495,881 £527,093 £456,093 £480,424 £521,962
Surplus/deficit -£11,395 -£27,549 -£93,853 -£18,774 -£42,707 -£45,638
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Western Isles

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£102,987
Scottish Government£69,000
Bòrd na Gàidhlig£6,200
Co-Operative Group£3,138
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Pàrant 's Pàiste Cothrom Og
£2,200 22/08/2023
A' lìbhrigeadh seiseanan tràth-bhliadhnaichean Gàidhlig ann an Uibhist a Deas / Delivering Gaelic early years sessions in South Uist
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Cothrom Learning Centre
£4,000 11/08/2021
11
A' cur seiseanan tràth-bhliadhnaichean Gàidhlig air dòigh ann an Uibhist a Deas / Running Gaelic early years sessions in South Uist
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Uist Youth Cafe
£3,138 24/10/2020
We want to be able to continue to offer free transport to our facility so as many young people as possible can use our service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cothrom
£102,987 16/04/2020
36
This group will use the funding to expand their community activity in their ReStore building by providing more opportunities for volunteers to take part in their recycling activities. Activities will ....more
Scottish Government - Cothrom
£69,000 09/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Tì agus Sgeulachd
£2,500 11/03/2019
Cearcall còmhraidh a chumail, a’ gabhail a-staigh daoine bho dhiofar ghinealaich ann an Uibhist a Deas / Holding a Gaelic conversation circle, bringing together people from different generations ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cothrom Og
£10,394 19/11/2018
We would like to build an investigative play outdoor area at our Gaidhlig medium nursery in South Uist.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Connect@Cothrom
£8,250 29/10/2017
The Outer Hebrides has many social issues, and Cothrom exists as a lifeline to many by offering individualised learning opportunities whilst also offering a Gaidhlig medium nursery. However a ....more
Comic Relief - Cothrom Ltd - Towards our digital Future
£39,966 30/11/2016
24
Based on the remote island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, and providing a service across the 9 islands of Uist and Barra, Cothrom is a community anchor organisation that delivers ....more
Robertson Trust - The Development Manager for the ReStore Project
£26,000 31/08/2016
The Development Manager for the ReStore Project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cothrom Ltd
£36,700 10/03/2016
36
towards two years' salary of a Mentor/Trainer at a project providing adult learning and vocational training for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in the Western Isles of Scotland
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-Store
£583,635 12/11/2014
48
Not Available
LandAid Charitable Trust - Building costs for employment training centre
£40,000 11/12/2013
Towards the Cothrom Re-Store project, a new purpose-built facility on the Isle of South Uist, Scotland with a range of employment training opportunities in furniture recycling, textiles, white goods ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-Store
£30,446 19/07/2013
13
This grant is for development funding so that the project can be progressed to apply for Second Stage funding.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Directors: 33-73
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC020879
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/02/1993, number: SC142456
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 39 days late,
Main office

Ormiclate , South Uist, HS8 5SB

Objectives

The advancement of education. The advancement of civic responsibility or community development.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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