Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

CREW 2000 (SCOTLAND) 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • 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: 31 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 £374,080 £387,016 £376,318 £357,155 £371,150 £372,457
Donations & Legacies £61,258 £42,349 £20,142 £30,197 £7,533
Other Income
Investment Income £44 £103 £142 £30 £5 £60
Total income £435,382 £429,468 £396,602 £387,382 £378,689 £458,694
Charitable activities spending £381,220 £403,150 £399,963 £372,303 £370,598 £446,225
Fundraising costs 2%
Other spending
Total spending £390,348 £403,150 £399,963 £372,303 £370,598 £446,225
Surplus/deficit £45,034 £26,318 -£3,361 £15,079 £8,091 £12,469
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups

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
Corra Foundation - PDI-21/105
£85,343 11/06/2021
Towards the provision of digital support for young people aged 26 and under who are impacted by their own alcohol or drug use.
Corra Foundation - PDI-19/399
£56,812 19/03/2019
Reduce drug and alcohol related harm and improve life chances amongst vulnerable young people aged 12-25 years in Edinburgh
National Lottery Community Fund - Crew: The Power of Peers in Harm Reduction
£6,490 30/01/2018
12
This charity are based in Edinburgh and provide non-judgemental advice and support in relation to drugs usage. This funding will be used to produce a volunteer led short film highlighting the central ....more
Robertson Trust - The Outreach Service
£32,000 21/03/2017
The Outreach Service
Tudor Trust - Grant to Crew 2000
£45,000 07/03/2017
36
over three years as continuation funding towards harm reduction work around drugs, alcohol and new psychoactive substances, in Edinburgh and across Scotland
Corra Foundation - PDI-16/45
£142,030 07/04/2016
towards the salaries and running costs of the drop-in, conditional upon confirmation of more details on the approaches to engage the more vulnerable groups of young people
Tudor Trust - Grant to Crew 2000
£45,000 17/06/2013
36
over three years towards the running costs of an information shop on drugs and alcohol for young people in Edinburgh city centre
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 30-68
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/05/1993, number: SC021500
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/1997, number: SC176635
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

32/32a Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1PB

Objectives

The objects for which the Company is established are: (i) To advance the education of and further the health of members of the community with drug, alcohol, solvent or gambling problems and in furtherance thereof: To provide an advice, information, education and counselling service through an addiction and rehabilitation unit to people who are experiencing difficulties with their drug, alcohol, solvent use or gambling problems, and to their families and friends. To provide such a service in order to reduce drug, alcohol, solvent or gambling related harm and to provide rehabilitation through assessment, counselling, group work, education, day centres, therapeutic workshops, community handyman schemes and alternative leisure activities. To provide addiction resource, community health and social education facilities, and the education and training of other professionals in order to increase awareness in the community of the harm created by excessive use of drugs, alcohol, or solvents, and gambling. To educate drug users in order to reduce the spread of HIV and other related illnesses through the sharing of injection equipment and unprotected casual sexual relationships. To work closely with Consultant Psychiatrists (Addictions) to provide a prescribing facility for drug dependent members of the community. To encourage the recruitment and use of volunteers and to liaise with statutory and non-statutory organisations in order to network services.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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