Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 13

ISLE OF EIGG HERITAGE TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£276,665	£94,582	£80,837	£214,052	£116,639	£243,183
Total spending	£291,761	£131,155	£128,826	£146,107	£109,524	£140,258
Surplus/deficit	-£15,096	-£36,573	-£47,989	£67,945	£7,115	£102,925

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Established: 28 years

www.isleofeigg.org

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Highland

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports 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

Scottish Government	£34,528
The Royal Countryside Fund	£25,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,867

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Royal Countryside Fund - Securing a sustainable future for Eigg Tree Nursery
£25,000	24/07/2023	This project will transform Eigg Tree Nursery from a pilot to a self-sustaining community enterprise, supporting employment, sustaining native species, protecting biosecurity, and helping build ....more This project will transform Eigg Tree Nursery from a pilot to a self-sustaining community enterprise, supporting employment, sustaining native species, protecting biosecurity, and helping build Eigg’s circular economy to deliver economic, environmental, and social impacts as they move to net-zero.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust
£1,867	22/10/2022	We want our community hub at An Laimhrig to be somewhere that Eigg's 110 islanders can share. A place for adults to work, shop, or relax. Space for children to play safely. A welcome for visitors.
Scottish Government - Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust
£13,000	12/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust
£21,528	21/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Isle of Eigg Tree Nursery
£10,000	26/02/2018 12	This charity took ownership of the Isle of Eigg in 1997 and are a partnership between the residents of Eigg, Highland Council and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The group plan to deliver a volunteer ....more This charity took ownership of the Isle of Eigg in 1997 and are a partnership between the residents of Eigg, Highland Council and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The group plan to deliver a volunteer led project which will establish a tree nursery on Eigg enabling the local community to re-stock their woodlands with native species and increasing local usage of currently under-utilised areas.
National Lottery Community Fund - Feasibility and design of An Laimhrig community hub development
£34,311	15/03/2017 12	Feasibility and design of An Laimhrig community hub development

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 36-72

BALDREY, Andrew Neil
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Retired

DRESSLER, Camille Lucie
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Social Enterprise Tutor

HOLLANDS, Susan Jane
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Retired Teacher

MERRICK, Martin Dominic
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Primary School Teacher

MOORHOUSE, Jonathon Michael
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Outdoor Instructor/Rya Instructor

RAEBURN, Ailsa Jane
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Project Manager

WHEATLEY, Steven Reginald
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Naturalist

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 28/11/1996, number: SC025609
Registered at Companies House on 28/11/1996, number: SC170339

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR20: 15 days late,

Main office

An Laimhrig, Isle Of Eigg, Inverness-Shire, PH42 4RL

Objectives

To take all appropriate measures to conserve the natural heritage (being. the flora and fauna, the geological, physiographical and archaeological features, and the natural beauty and amenity) of the. Isle of Eigg for the benefit of the community of the island and the public at large and to promote open public access thereto insofar as this is not detrimental to such conservation.

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