Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

    SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE LTD 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/17 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Charitable activities £553,801 £417,421 £323,658 £373,917 £480,896
    Donations & Legacies £20,515 £8,279 £22,755 £19,557
    Other Income £18,148 £51,230
    Investment Income £114 £657 £4,012 £3,076 £2,838
    Total income £823,444 £574,430 £444,505 £350,425 £396,550 £368,102 £543,589
    Charitable activities spending £830,513 £353,927 £323,461 £376,536 £351,182
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending £81,744
    Total spending £567,712 £830,513 £353,927 £323,461 £376,536 £385,132 £432,926
    Surplus/deficit £255,732 -£256,083 £90,578 £26,964 £20,014 -£17,030 £110,663
    Established: 31 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Other facilities management and maintenance
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: East Renfrewshire
    Who it helps
    • Other defined groups
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The ARCH Resettlement Centre
    £1,719 22/10/2022
    We plan to pay for a teacher to come in and work with men who are computer illiterate and teach/instruct them how to send and read emails, web pages and how to access governmental web sites.
    Scottish Government - Scottish Christian Alliance Ltd
    £46,450 15/06/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Funky Flats
    £30,000 23/03/2015
    33
    to contribute towards a Project Co-ordinator salary for the Funky Flats project.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scottish Christian Alliance Ltd
    £21,900 05/12/2013
    towards the costs of refurbishing a flat that will provide accommodation to homeless men in a deprived area of Glasgow
    National Lottery Community Fund - Arch Moving on Scheme (AMOS)
    £132,045 25/06/2013
    24
    Funded through Support and Connect Scottish this organisation will see the expansion of their Arch Moving on Scheme (AMOS) supporting homeless men to make the transition into independent living ....more

    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 13/04/1993, number: SC021765
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    36 Muslin Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 4AP

    Objectives

    The objects of the Association shall be to carry on for the benefit of the community the business of: (i) providing, constructing, improving or managing, or encouraging or facilitating the provision, construction or improvement, of houses for persons in necessitous circumstances. (ii) providing, constructing, improving or managing for persons who are aged or infirm or disabled or handicapped (whether mentally or physically) and in need thereof, housing and any associated amenities specially designed or adapted to meet the disabilities and requirements of such persons. (iii) providing for aged persons in need thereof services of any description in arranging or carrying out works of maintenance, repair or improvement to their houses, or encouraging or facilitating the carrying out of such works. (iv) the carrying on of any activity permitted under section 4 of the 1985 Act provided always that any such activity is charitable in law and in the pursuance of these objects the Association may undertake any function supplemental or incidental thereto all such activities to be undertaken in compliance with and in obedience to the principles of Christian belief and in pursuance of these objects, the Association may undertake any function supplemental or incidental thereto.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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