Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    COLUMBA CHARITABLE TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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 £15,332 £16,354 £16,354 £15,868 £15,371 £16,933
    Total spending £21,667 £14,873 £14,873 £23,230 £17,435 £19,555
    Surplus/deficit -£6,335 £1,481 £1,481 -£7,362 -£2,064 -£2,622
    Established: 31 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Financial or material assistance
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Glasgow City
    Who it helps
    • Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who supports 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 06/05/1993, number: SC021517
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR21: 110 days late,
    Main office

    , G1 3PE

    Objectives

    The purposes of the Trust shall, so far, and so far only, as the same are legally charitable, be:- (1) the relief of poverty. (2) the advancement of education. (3) the advancement of religion. and (4) such other purposes beneficial to the community as are exclusively charitable according to the Law of Scotland. In seeking to give effect to the Trust purposes, but not otherwise, the Trustees may:- (i) make such arrangements in connection with the relief of illness, disease, infirmity, senility and disability, whether physical or mental as the trustees shall think fit, whether on a temporary or permanent basis. (ii) initiate, support, organise, maintain, equip, manage or assist in any work or project calculated to further the Trust purposes. (iii) train, educate and maintain during training, persons intending to engage in work carried out in pursuance of the purposes of the Trust. (iv) award grants and scholarships for study, travel, research and for the provision of materials in furtherance of the Trust purposes. (v) form or acquire and exercise the control of any companies, societies, associations and bodies in the United Kingdom or elsewhere whose objects are wholly charitable (not being companies, societies, associations or bodies carrying on trading activities of a permanent nature) and having purposes similar to the Trust purposes.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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