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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    GOODTREES NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

    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
    Total income £6,240 £30,152 £60,365 £186,428 £252,594 £126,835
    Total spending £8,508 £48,083 £77,904 £190,791 £249,015 £138,300
    Surplus/deficit -£2,268 -£17,931 -£17,539 -£4,363 £3,579 -£11,465
    Established: 27 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    Where it operates
    • City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    BBC Children in Need£63,057
    National Lottery Community Fund£39,950
    The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
    Corra Foundation£5,000
    Foundation Scotland£5,000
    Co-Operative Group£2,116
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre
    £10,000 04/08/2023
    Refurbishment of an unused room for a charity which works with disadvantage young people in Edinburgh
    National Lottery Community Fund - SCOCOL - Goodtrees Neighborhood Center Summer Programme
    £9,950 16/06/2023
    This group will use the funding for a summer programme for children and young people in order to support their mental health and combat holiday hunger as a result of the cost of living crisis in ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre
    £2,116 22/10/2022
    Goodtrees will take forward a project where young people will be at the heart of supporting the vulnerable within their community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking down barriers
    £10,000 08/09/2022
    This group will use the funding to train 20 young people at risk of gang involvement to become peer educators/ambassadors of change in Liberton/Gilmerton. Participants will attend a residential trip ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Lockdown 2.0
    £10,000 19/02/2021
    7
    This group will use the funding to support their youth volunteers so that they can provide ongoing support to elderly members of their community within the Liberton and Gilmerton Ward.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre
    £63,057 09/09/2020
    18
    COVID19 - This project will provide support and volunteering opportunities to young people living in a disadvantaged area, further impacted by Covid-19. They will have improved well-being, resilience ....more
    Corra Foundation - HDG-20/3770
    £5,000 06/08/2020
    towards the 'healthy mind, healthy body and healthy soul' project for families.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre
    £5,000 17/06/2020
    To support vulnerable people in the Liberton Gilmerton area of Edinburgh and beyond with packed lunches, food parcels and essential items.
    National Lottery Community Fund - More than Meals on Wheels
    £10,000 03/04/2020
    2
    This group will provide food and support to the local community during the COVID-19 crisis.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/06/1997, number: SC026880
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    5 Moredunvale Place, Edinburgh, EH17 7LB

    Objectives

    3 The Association is established for charitable purposes only (in this constitution referred to as 'the Objects'). In particular the Objects shall be: 3.1 to advance education among the residents of the Area of Benefit (the 'beneficiaries') through the development and implementation of programmes of community education for the said beneficiaries. and 3.2 to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation, for the benefit of the said beneficiaries where such provision is i) in the benefit of social welfare ii) made with the objects of improving the conditions of life of people in the Area of Benefit and/or 3.3 to advance citizenship and promote volunteering among the beneficiaries through the provision of opportunities for them to take an active part in the civic life of their communities.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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