Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

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

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

PROJECT TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/09/17	30/09/18	30/09/19	30/09/20	30/09/21	30/09/22	30/09/23
Charitable activities		£1,522,099	£1,358,500	£475,870	£449,981	£504,227	£526,098
Donations & Legacies		£1,819,637	£273,119	£668,523	£468,387		£211,437
Other Income		£36,993	£42,035	£46,773	£31,060	£19,829	£15,569
Investment Income		£7,440	£29,013	£29,918	£25,789	£26,481	£27,100
Total income	£1,801,899	£3,434,227	£1,746,927	£1,227,542	£979,802	£753,416	£790,105
Charitable activities spending		£1,870,011	£1,875,016	£1,003,679	£967,772	£923,162	£1,007,254
Fundraising costs	3%	2%	4%	4%	10%	8%	10%
Other spending
Total spending	£1,797,703	£1,945,864	£1,935,346	£1,046,383	£1,060,477	£976,937	£1,083,981
Surplus/deficit	£4,196	£1,488,363	-£188,419	£181,159	-£80,675	-£223,521	-£293,876

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Established: 28 years

www.projecttrust.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

Purposes

The advancement of education
Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: Argyll And Bute

Who it helps

Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Rank Foundation	£59,979
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation	£10,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to Project Trust
£10,000	19/05/2023	Travel support to Japan by six Volunteers taking up placements at five different partner organisations, as part of the relaunch of Project Trust's international volunteer programme in Japan, September 2023 to August 2024.
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant Project Trust 2023 - Full
£24,979	27/04/2023	Project Trust received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Project Trust 2023
£5,000	27/04/2023	Project Trust received a Cost of Living Small Grant to cover the cost of utilities.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - work with young people in the North East
£2,000	21/01/2021	work with young people in the North East
Rank Foundation - Project Trust Resilience Fund 2020
£30,000	10/07/2020	To cover lost income

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 30-64

BECKLEY, Robert John
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Assistant Commissioner

BRATCHIE, Louise Jean
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Civil Servant

EMERSON, Ingrid Lesley
Appointed: 2008
Occupation: Director

HYDER, Richard
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Investment Director

KENT, Mark Andrew Geoffrey
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Chief Executive

NUGA, Ayowunmi Dorothy Oreoluwa
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Manager

PRICE-THOMAS, Stephen Paul
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Strategy Manager

RIGBY, Susan, Professor
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Vice Chancellor

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 16/12/1996, number: SC025668
Registered at Companies House on 16/12/1996, number: SC170673

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Hebridean Centre, Isle Of Coll, Argyll, PA78 6TE

Objectives

The advancement of education.

Data Sources

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