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

HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 30 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Charitable activities £250,824 £402,104 £230,710 £435,517
Donations & Legacies £33,909 £50,804 £45,476
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £409,965 £310,228 £479,106 £281,982 £356,198 £499,858
Charitable activities spending £383,281 £373,647 £268,885 £468,278
Fundraising costs 4% 3% 2% 3% 3%
Other spending £948 £866 £2,316
Total spending £325,770 £397,345 £390,044 £274,147 £364,784 £486,979
Surplus/deficit £84,195 -£87,117 £89,062 £7,835 -£8,586 £12,879
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the advancement of animal welfare
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Argyll And Bute

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 Heritage Fund£308,700
William Grant Foundation£118,321
Co-Operative Group£4,061
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Whale Track
£4,061 23/10/2021
We would like to provide free resources and workshops in our community, and keep Whale Track running to safeguard whales and dolphins in the Hebrides for future generations.
William Grant Foundation - Data Management Project (2021/22) implementation and delivery
£80,179 20/10/2020
21
This grant is for the implementation and delivery of a new data management system which will revolutionise the way HWDT manage, interrogate, use and share their data. Keywords: biodiversity; cetaceans
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
£58,700 26/06/2020
COVID19: Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
£250,000 05/03/2020
Gateway to the Trail: home of the whales, heart of the Hebrides
William Grant Foundation - Data Management Project (2020/21) Scoping
£38,142 20/08/2019
12
To scope and implement a new system for managing and analysing the organisation's growing bank of research data. The grant also includes the cost of the Science Manager's salary for a year.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
£24,000 29/01/2019
Hebridean Whale Trail Centre: home of the whales, heart of the Hebrides
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - HWDT's Gaelic Engagement Project
£5,000 16/03/2018
A' fastadh neach air inntearnas gus seiseanan is turasan Gàidhlig a' lìbhrigeadh is ìomhaigh na Gàidhlig a thogail / Hiring an intern to deliver Gaelic sessions and trips and to raise the profile ....more
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£30,000 17/01/2018
36
HWDT is Dedicated to enhancing knowledge and understanding of the Hebridean marine environment. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Robertson Trust - continuation funding for the Education and Outreach Project
£10,000 13/12/2017
continuation funding for the Education and Outreach Project
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000 07/06/2017
12
HWDT is Dedicated to enhancing knowledge and understanding of the Hebridean marine environment. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work
Robertson Trust - continuation funding for the Education and Outreach Project
£10,000 31/08/2016
continuation funding for the Education and Outreach Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
£79,300 24/09/2015
Crowd sourcing for marine mammal conservation
Robertson Trust - The Education and Outreach Department Project
£10,000 30/04/2015
The Education and Outreach Department Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Scottish West Coast Communities with Marine Natural Heritage
£10,000 02/02/2012
12
The company will use the grant to provide young people with the opportunity to participate in educational trips onboard the Trust's vessel Silurian. It will also undertake a programme of school ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 33-78
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 15/03/1994, number: SC022403
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/02/1997, number: SC172338
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

28 Main Street, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, PA75 6NU

Objectives

1 The trust’s objects are: (a) All purposes that are charitable relating to cetaceans, and especially: (b) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. (c) the advancement of animal welfare. (d) the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science. (e) the advancement of citizenship or community development, including volunteering and the social and economic development of communities. (f) education.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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