Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -11 ?

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TRAINING FOUNDATION

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £145,702 £52,531 £34,790 £15,801 £15 £236
Total spending £26,732 £26,393 £43,833 £34,805 £15,016 £15,079
Surplus/deficit £118,970 £26,138 -£9,043 -£19,004 -£15,001 -£14,843
Established: 29 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Midlothian
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 60-74
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/07/1995, number: SC024071
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/07/1995, number: SC159133
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 44 days late,
Main office

The Walled Garden, Bush Estate, Midlothian, EH26 0SB

Objectives

(a) To advance education, in particular, in providing education or assisting with the provision of vocational, business and personal development training, including re-training, (all hereinafter referred to as 'training') in all aspects of the electrical and electronic trades and industries and allied trades and industries (all hereinafter referred to as 'the industries') for all persons employed, or intending to be employed within the industries, that is with a view to promoting, fostering and improving knowledge of the industries. (b) To carry out any charitable activities or charitable operations which are considered necessary or desirable in connection with, or ancillary to, the aforesaid purpose.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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