Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -5

THE PITSTOP PROJECT

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 26 years

www.pitstopyouthcafe.co.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/05/17	31/05/18	31/05/19	31/05/20	31/05/21	31/05/22	31/05/23
Total income	£51,508	£59,725	£59,156	£50,804	£26,259	£48,908	£0
Total spending	£57,950	£51,653	£65,146	£59,781	£37,608	£73,979	£4,509
Surplus/deficit	-£6,442	£8,072	-£5,990	-£8,977	-£11,349	-£25,071	-£4,509

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of health','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

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Angus

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating your own success
£9,740	01/02/2019 12	This funding will be used to give young people the opportunity to work towards Youth Achievement Awards and Dynamic Youth Awards, and to host a series of arts and craft sessions where young people ....more This funding will be used to give young people the opportunity to work towards Youth Achievement Awards and Dynamic Youth Awards, and to host a series of arts and craft sessions where young people will produce items to be sold at local farmers markets.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Drugs Initiative Group Forfar Now changed to The Pitstop Project
£29,964	10/08/2017 36	A programme of trips and in-house activities for disadvantaged young people in Forfar to help build confidence, communication skills and positive relationships. Activities will include football, ....more A programme of trips and in-house activities for disadvantaged young people in Forfar to help build confidence, communication skills and positive relationships. Activities will include football, canoeing, abseiling, cooking and team building exercises.
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the part-time Project Worker (Pitstop Youth Cafe)
£27,000	22/11/2016	The salary costs of the part-time Project Worker (Pitstop Youth Cafe)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Drug Initiative Group Forfar
£23,500	24/06/2013	Ham weaving our way through history (heritage and media)

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 21/04/1998, number: SC027765

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

1A Academy Street, Forfar, Angus, DD8 2HA

Objectives

The Trustees shall hold and apply the funds and assets as may from time to time be comprised in the Trust Property, in trust for the following purposes:- a) The advancement of education by enhancing young people's educational development. b) The advancement of health by enhancing young peoples social and personal development and preserving their physical and mental wellbeing. c) 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, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are: a. primarily intended for persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, or b. available to members of the public at large or to male or female members of the public at large. d) The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities). and e) The prevention or relief of poverty.

Data Sources