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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    LEITH CIVIC TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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 £602 £0 £0 £9,675 £13,095 £17,500
    Total spending £1,085 £58 £67 £7,693 £13,556 £14,631
    Surplus/deficit -£483 -£58 -£67 £1,982 -£461 £2,869
    Established: 26 years

    www.leithcivictrust.org

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    Purposes
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • 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
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,520
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,900
    Corra Foundation£2,695
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating Leith and Leith Stories
    £10,000 06/07/2022
    This group will bring the community of Leith together through an event showcasing local organisations performances walking tours and stories from residents.
    Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/1781
    £2,695 02/09/2021
    Towards the costs associated with delivering activities in your local community.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Leith Civic Trust
    £9,900 19/03/2021
    NL20:Leith For Ever
    National Lottery Community Fund - 100 Days of Leith
    £9,520 10/09/2020
    10
    This group will use the funding to mount a series of community events celebrating the centenary of Leith's incorporation into the City of Edinburgh in 1920.

    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 07/05/1998, number: SC027850
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    7 North Fort Street, Leith, EH6 4EY

    Objectives

    The objects of the Society shall be to promote and encourage the following objects by charitable means, but not otherwise (a) To stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of the area of the Leith area and its surroundings (b) To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest in the Leith area (c) To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in the Leith Area

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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