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home >> charity search >> positive steps partnership
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

POSITIVE STEPS PARTNERSHIP 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees


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Established: 22 years
(25 years as a company)

www.positivesteps.org.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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 £941,802 £940,080 £986,547 £1,123,344 £1,595,429
Donations & Legacies £19,365 £57,768 £65,177 £77,313 £29,289
Other Income
Investment Income £154 £223 £370 £221 £5,367
Total income £1,093,045 £1,139,653 £1,169,200 £1,284,470 £1,366,121 £1,688,876
Charitable activities spending £846,767 £880,822 £904,001 £1,043,800 £1,274,861
Fundraising costs 21% 19% 18% 11% 12% 11%
Other spending
Total spending £1,075,572 £1,098,164 £1,116,464 £1,184,722 £1,179,888 £1,452,360
Surplus/deficit £17,473 £41,489 £52,736 £99,748 £186,233 £236,516
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • 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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Dundee City
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','Other defined groups

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
Corra Foundation£132,147
Crisis UK£52,121
The Clothworkers Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Positive Steps Partnership
£50,000 11/07/2023
Purchase of furniture for a charity which supports individuals being released from prison in Scotland
Crisis UK - Grant to Positive Steps
£47,201 07/05/2020
Additional workers in the coronavirus intensive housing support team.
Crisis UK - Grant to Positive Steps
£4,920 09/04/2020
Positivity packs for those in self isolation with a poem
Corra Foundation - Challenge_Fund-19/957
£132,147 30/03/2020
To provide real time, face-to-face responses to individuals who have experienced, or are at risk of a non-fatal overdose.
Robertson Trust - Salary cost of the Specialist Registered Mental Health Nurse
£45,000 04/12/2018
Salary cost of the Specialist Registered Mental Health Nurse
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Positive Steps Partnership
£25,000 24/10/2016
Refurbishment and furnishing of accommodation for a charity in Dundee

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 47-72
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/09/2002, number: SC028252
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/1998, number: SC188155
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Swan House, 2 Explorer Road, Technology Park, Dundee, DD2 1DX

Objectives

To advance education, promote health and relieve poverty.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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