Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

GLASGOW EAST END COMMUNITY CARERS 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
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 £1,156,721 £1,505,094 £1,775,619 £1,884,117 £2,462,551
Donations & Legacies £11,045 £4,571 £6,613 £95,849 £3,157
Other Income
Investment Income £1 £7 £11 £2 £1,667
Total income £1,167,767 £1,509,672 £1,782,243 £1,979,968 £2,305,371 £2,472,156
Charitable activities spending £1,109,730 £1,367,651 £1,763,717 £1,808,371 £2,431,719
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £1,109,730 £1,367,651 £1,763,717 £1,808,371 £2,223,754 £2,431,719
Surplus/deficit £58,037 £142,021 £18,526 £171,597 £81,617 £40,437
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£179,700
National Lottery Community Fund£175,545
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£36,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 24/06/2022
Supporting Unpaid Carers
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 16/07/2021
Supporting Unpaid Carers
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Glasgow East End Community Carers Hub
£179,700 18/03/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing a range of support services to unpaid carers in Glasgow.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Autism Family Project/Parent Carer Project
£36,000 23/11/2020
Requesting funding over 3 years to help develop the Autism Family Project within the Carers Hub. Plan to support new parent/carers and their children and extend existing services.
Scottish Government - Glasgow East End Community Carers
£11,740 15/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Glasgow East End Community Carers
£2,558 01/05/2020
Detailed information not yet available.
National Lottery Community Fund - Glasgow East End Community Carers
£10,000 16/03/2020
12
This group will use the funding to continue their consultation and activities with young people and children affected by a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Carers Hub
£165,545 27/01/2020
38
This group will use the funding to provide support to carers and the cared for so that they can access services, support and activities across Glasgow with a focus on Glasgow's East End. This three ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Glasgow East End Community Carers
£2,832 15/11/2019
We want to offer a range of training and activities to promote confidence in children with additional support needs and their siblings.
Robertson Trust - The Autism Parent Carers Project
£18,000 21/11/2018
The Autism Parent Carers Project
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Autism Parent Carers Project
£32,000 30/05/2018
The Autism Parent Carers Project aims to provide ongoing preventative support to families with a child/young person with ASD living in the east end of Glasgow by providing a range of services, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Glasgow East End Community Carers Hub
£132,300 07/12/2017
36
towards three' years salaries of a project providing support, advice, and information to people who are carers in Glasgow's East End
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 03/05/2017
Carers Hub Project
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - ASD Parent Carers Project
£8,800 30/11/2016
The ASD Parent Carers Project will provide five platforms of support to give parent carers of children and young people with an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis a much needed support safety net that will ....more
Robertson Trust - Information and Support Manager
£45,000 31/08/2016
Information and Support Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Hub
£150,000 19/08/2016
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This group will use the funding to continue to provide a range of activities and services to support unpaid carers in their caring role. Carers from the east end of Glasgow will be able to access a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 55-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 26/10/1993, number: SC022118
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/11/2000, number: SC213211
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

26 Penston Road, Queenslie, Glasgow, G33 4AG

Objectives

The company's objects are: (1) To relieve the needs of individuals resident in the east end of Glasgow (the 'Operating Area') and suffering from any form of mental or physical disability, illness or impairment (which may include age associated problems) and their carers. (2) To promote and/or provide training in skills associated with the care of people resident in the Operating Area and suffering from any form of mental or physical disability, illness or impairment. (3) To provide facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation for the purpose of improving the conditions of life of individuals resident in the Operating Area and suffering from any form of mental or physical disability, illness or impairment and their carers. (4) To promote, establish and operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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