Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

CALMAN TRUST LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years

Established: 26 years

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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
Charitable activities	£708,794	£772,298	£660,313	£640,570		£816,852
Donations & Legacies	£6,039	£10,900	£66,248	£304,717		£46,762
Other Income
Investment Income	£7,499	£13,268	£4,734	£4,742		£6,072
Total income	£1,103,398	£1,205,493	£1,159,570	£1,058,506	£1,261,101	£1,261,045
Charitable activities spending	£885,672	£768,053	£829,257	£870,012		£740,807
Fundraising costs	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%
Other spending	£260,615	£331,091	£342,194	£124,420		£366,118
Total spending	£1,158,076	£1,107,143	£1,176,927	£1,007,222	£1,106,687	£1,119,301
Surplus/deficit	-£54,678	£98,350	-£17,357	£51,284	£154,414	£141,744

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

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

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Children or young people

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

Scottish Government	£147,283
National Lottery Community Fund	£138,522
BBC Children in Need	£49,670

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe and Supported Transitions
£138,522	21/02/2023	This group will use the funding to enhance their package of support to young people facing significant mental health challenges and who are disengaged from all other activity locally and help them to ....more This group will use the funding to enhance their package of support to young people facing significant mental health challenges and who are disengaged from all other activity locally and help them to make the transition into independent living or community participation.
Scottish Government - Calman Trust Ltd
£70,908	07/04/2021	Detailed description not provided.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Calman Trust Ltd
£49,670	09/09/2020 18	COVID19 - This grant will fund an outreach worker & app to support 52 vulnerable young people including those who are care-experienced, homeless, & misusing substances, further disengaged ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund an outreach worker & app to support 52 vulnerable young people including those who are care-experienced, homeless, & misusing substances, further disengaged through Covid-19. It will help to improve their wellbeing.
Scottish Government - Calman Trust Ltd
£28,718	19/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Calman Trust
£47,657	22/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Calman Trust Ltd
£117,400	13/03/2019 24	towards two years' staffing costs of a project providing employability support for young people with complex needs in Inverness and the surrounding areas
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Calman Trust Ltd
£123,946	28/02/2019 36	150 young people aged 14-18 who need extra support as they transition to adulthood will access a range of activities such as cooking, independent travel and digital skills. They will have improved ....more 150 young people aged 14-18 who need extra support as they transition to adulthood will access a range of activities such as cooking, independent travel and digital skills. They will have improved life chances, be healthier and more independent.
Robertson Trust - the Costs of the Social Enterprise Development Co-ordinator
£42,000	30/04/2015	the Costs of the Social Enterprise Development Co-ordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - H-eat well
£226,335	14/02/2014 20	H-eat well

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How is it governed?

Directors (5)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 31-65

FRASER, Sheila
Appointed: 2010
Occupation: Solicitor

NAIRN, Robin Vernon
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Retired

NIXSEAMAN, Andrew Peter
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Project Manager

STEWART, Linda Ann
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Retired

WHITEHOUSE, Andrew
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Facilities Officer, Hie

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 16/04/1998, number: SC027878
Registered at Companies House on 16/04/1998, number: SC184887

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR21: 66 days late, AR20: 234 days late,

Main office

7 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR

Objectives

The charitable object for which the Company is established is the relief of poverty of homeless young people and other persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by the provision of accommodation, practical assistance, support, advice, care and information and by carrying out such other activities as will properly attain this object

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