Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

CRAIGEND RESOURCE CENTRE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 29 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 £318,464
Donations & Legacies £177,551 £183,472 £334,066 £756,629 £3,301
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £304,074 £310,733 £435,396 £826,867 £1,774,445 £474,476
Charitable activities spending £122,818 £122,762 £322,587
Fundraising costs 47% 50% 57%
Other spending £111,186 £110,370 £109,079 £125,993
Total spending £255,517 £265,885 £372,940 £231,841 £272,712 £448,580
Surplus/deficit £48,557 £44,848 £62,456 £595,026 £1,501,733 £25,896
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 prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Inverclyde
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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
Robertson Trust - The Craigend Resource Centre Redevelopment
£180,000 04/12/2018
The Craigend Resource Centre Redevelopment
National Lottery Community Fund - Strategic Plan and Capital Works for Renovated Centre
£1,045,000 14/06/2018
24
This centre will use the funding to replace their ageing building with a larger one to better meet the current and projected level of demand for their services. The centre currently provides a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strategic Plan and Capital Works for Renovated Centre
£48,710 11/07/2017
5
Strategic Plan and Capital Works for Renovated Centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 50-72
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 30/05/1995, number: SC023698
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/05/1995, number: SC158273
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 115 days late, AR20: 1 days late,
Main office

Mcleod Street, Greenock, PA15 2HD

Objectives

(1) To provide in the interests of social welfare facilities for recreation and other leisure time activity available to the public at large within the Gibshill-Weir Street area of Greenock ('the Operating Area') with a view to improving their conditions of life (2) To advance education (3) To promote training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist residents of the Operating Area in obtaining paid employment (4) To relieve the needs of persons suffering from mental or physical disability, illness or impairment (5) To relieve poverty (6) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of all sections of the community within the Operating Area

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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