Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +9

HOPE CONNECTIONS 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

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
Established: 25 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £177,305 £300,492 £201,389 £107,450 £176,510 £147,745
Total spending £164,572 £246,372 £279,555 £137,258 £67,428 £134,070
Surplus/deficit £12,733 £54,120 -£78,166 -£29,808 £109,082 £13,675
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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
Where it operates
  • Glasgow City

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£101,474
Foundation Scotland£65,371
Scottish Government£16,710
Crisis UK£4,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£750 31/10/2022
Core costs
Foundation Scotland - Employment of FT Female Support Worker
£44,693 04/10/2022
to contribute to increasing the hours of an existing Female Support Worker (FSW) to support women who are affected by addiction, criminal behaviour, homelessness, and poor mental health.
National Lottery Community Fund - SUPPORTING VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN RECOVERY
£97,949 09/09/2021
The group will use the funding to support people who are experiencing addiction homelessness and the criminal justice system. They will support vulnerable people across the city via several outreach ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Hope Connections
£4,278 09/09/2020
To purchase three reconditioned laptops, two mobile phones and expand a support worker?s hours to provide increased outreach and prison support and out of hours phone support for Hope Connection?s ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Destitute & Vulnerable - Glasgow
£3,525 07/07/2020
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This group will use the funding to deliver food parcels and mobile tops up to vulnerable people in Glasgow affected by COVID-19.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Hope Connections
£11,800 07/07/2020
to contribute towards delivering the prisoner engagement, transition and connection project.
Scottish Government - Whiteinch Transformation
£10,710 26/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Whiteinch Transformation
£6,000 15/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Crisis UK - Grant to Whiteinch Transformation
£4,600 09/04/2020
Food bags, phone cards , utlity cards and volunteers expenses
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Hope Connections
£4,600 06/04/2020
To contribute to the support of vulnerable, isolated and at risk people, affected by Covid-19, living across Glasgow and the surrounding area, by providing 100 emergency food packages costing £25 ....more
Robertson Trust - The Recovery Network Developer
£9,500 14/12/2018
The Recovery Network Developer
National Lottery Community Fund - Healing for the Heart
£86,610 23/05/2017
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This group will use the funding to support two groups. Adults who have had adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and/or are survivors of abuse or rape. Children, young people and families currently ....more
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Debt counselling and the Money Course
£4,880 02/12/2016
We want to employ a dedicated money trainer for 8 hours/week to allow us to meet requests to deliver money courses in schools and community venues to improve financial education and prevent people ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 42-70
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 08/04/1999, number: SC028928
  • Notes: previous name- Whiteinch Transformation from 08/04/1999 to 29/10/2020
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/04/1999, number: SC195069
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 6 days late,
Main office

79 Bonhill Road, Dumbarton, G82 2DU

Objectives

4 The company's objects are: (a) The prevention and relief of poverty (b) Community development, including volunteering opportunities (c) The advancement of Health (d) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantages

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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