Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

CARLUKE DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 25 years
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 £345,459
Donations & Legacies £384,285
Other Income £15
Investment Income
Total income £124,071 £384,285 £101,020 £105,869 £447,269 £345,474
Charitable activities spending £382,619 £282,219
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £120,576 £382,619 £100,171 £100,131 £434,587 £282,219
Surplus/deficit £3,495 £1,666 £849 £5,738 £12,682 £63,255
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • South Lanarkshire
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting our Communities to Grow & Learn (SCG&L)
£70,984 28/09/2022
This group will use the funding to deliver a community gardening project providing activities events and workshops for the local community. The project will deliver a range of horticultural ....more
Scottish Government - Carluke Development Trust
£12,930 25/02/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Environmental Events & Improvement Coordinator
£28,500 26/09/2018
The salary costs of the Environmental Events & Improvement Coordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - Carluke Development Trust
£97,703 27/07/2018
36
This group will use the funding to deliver ONECarluke, a community led and owned partnership to develop and deliver activities, services and support to the community of Carluke and the surrounding ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ms
£4,096 29/11/2017
We want to organise a 10k run to engage the local community and raise money for the Lanarkshire Beatson Charity Unit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Options Appraisal and Feasibility Study
£10,000 14/03/2017
12
Options Appraisal and Feasibility Study

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 48-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 13/05/1999, number: SC029002
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/05/1999, number: SC196197
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

ONESpace Community Hub, 76 High Street, Carluke, South Lanarkshire, ML8 4AJ

Objectives

(1) To preserve, conserve, restore and improve the environment (2) To promote trade and industry, for the benefit of the general public (3) To advance education and in particular to promote opportunities for learning for the benefit of the general public. (4) To provide in the interests of social welfare, facilities for recreation and other leisure time activity to the residents of Carluke with a view to improving their conditions of life. The area described as Carluke for the purposes of this memorandum is contiguous with the area served by Carluke Community Council. (5) To provide or assist in the provision of housing for persons within Carluke in necessitous circumstances and/or housing adapted to meet special needs of persons suffering from mental or physical disability, illness or impairment or old age. (6) To relieve poverty, particularly among the residents of Carluke. (7) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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