Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -3

HERE WE ARE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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	£191,906	£135,935	£266,191	£247,860	£109,793	£154,257
Total spending	£146,130	£103,901	£301,512	£150,879	£144,218	£137,211
Surplus/deficit	£45,776	£32,034	-£35,321	£96,981	-£34,425	£17,046

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Established: 26 years

www.hereweare-uk.com

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Community services

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','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','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Argyll And Bute

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Come On In
£9,450	19/07/2022	This group will introduce a 6-month pilot ‘sit-in service’ with volunteers offering weekly companionship and respite to those living alone and with caring responsibilities in the Cairndow and ....more This group will introduce a 6-month pilot ‘sit-in service’ with volunteers offering weekly companionship and respite to those living alone and with caring responsibilities in the Cairndow and Strachur areas.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Here We Are
£90,200	18/12/2019	The "Here We Are" Story
Foundation Scotland - Here We Are
£4,500	10/06/2010	To produce a cookery book called 'Mothers Messages', which will provide an insight into local produce and cooking in times past, how this has changed and how people might benefit from using some of ....more To produce a cookery book called 'Mothers Messages', which will provide an insight into local produce and cooking in times past, how this has changed and how people might benefit from using some of mother's messages today.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 64-82

CURTIS, Adrian Freeman
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Retired

FORSYTH, Deirdre Catherine
Appointed: 2009
Occupation: Retired

MACCALLUM, Alistair
Appointed: 1998
Occupation: Farm Manager

MACDONALD, John Scott
Appointed: 2007
Occupation: Builder

MCMILLAN, James Mitchell
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Retired Bank Manager

MYLES, Alexander
Appointed: 2008
Occupation: Computer Programmer

NOBLE, Christina Campbell
Appointed: 1998
Occupation: Project Development Officer

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 08/04/1998, number: SC027715
Registered at Companies House on 08/04/1998, number: SC184879

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

, PA26 8BL

Objectives

The Company has been formed to benefit the community of Cairndow, Argyll as defined by the postcode units:- - PA25 8AZ - PA26 8BA - PA26 8BE - PA26 8BG - PA26 8BH - PA26 8BJ - PA26 8BL - PA26 8BN - PA26 8BQ - PA32 8XQ (“the Community”), with the Purposes listed in the sub-clauses hereto (“the Purposes”), to be exercised following the principles of Sustainable Development , namely: (1) To advance the education of the public about the Community including relevant features of the Community from a historical, cultural, geographical, ecological and/or social and economic development perspective. (2) To promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly skills in the field of information technology and such other skills as may assist residents of the Community in obtaining paid employment. (3) To preserve, conserve, restore and improve the environment within the Community. (4) To relieve poverty among residents of the Community. (5) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects which further charitable purposes for the benefit of the Community within the Operating Areas. (6) To advance community development, including urban or rural regeneration within the Community.

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