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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

ROSLIN FOUNDATION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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
Donations & Legacies
Other Income £33,000 £8,000
Investment Income £13,000 £29,000 £574,313
Total income £1,008,000 £288,000 £62,000 £21,000 £38,498,000 £574,313
Charitable activities spending £49,000 £596,647
Fundraising costs 127% 129% 0% INF%
Other spending £51,000 £26,409
Total spending £1,223,000 £423,000 £352,000 £81,000 £227,000 £641,315
Surplus/deficit -£215,000 -£135,000 -£290,000 -£60,000 £38,271,000 -£67,002
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Established: 29 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Scientific research and testing services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • The advancement of animal welfare
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Midlothian
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 38-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 03/05/1995, number: SC023592
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/1995, number: SC157100
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bush House, Edinburgh Technopole, Milton Bridge, Penicuik, EH26 0BB

Objectives

The Company's object is to support research and business development in the field of biosciences as it relates to agriculture and biomedicine, to the benefit of, or in association with the Roslin Institute.

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