Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 1 Trustee: -5
  • Very static board: -5
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -15 ?

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Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There is only 1 trustee
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 £19,663 £12,475 £17,600 £26,828 £6,798 £1,800
Total spending £18,800 £14,964 £14,901 £19,089 £11,970 £4,895
Surplus/deficit £863 -£2,489 £2,699 £7,739 -£5,172 -£3,095
Established: 26 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Government - The Russian Cultural Centre(Scotland)
£3,656 27/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (1)

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/03/1999, number: SC028887
  • Notes: Previous name - The Russian Cultural Centre (Scotland) from 23/03/1999 to 22/01/2024
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/1999, number: SC194541
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 28 days late,
Main office

Flat 2/1, 222 Tantallon Road, Glasgow, G41 3JP

Objectives

To promote, maintain, improve and advance art and education particularly with a view to establishing increasing Russian Scottish cultural links.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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