Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

OBAN HOSPICE LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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 £83,811 £89,553 £78,313 £71,176 £69,832 £117,960
Total spending £80,797 £84,442 £88,592 £78,415 £79,578 £86,640
Surplus/deficit £3,014 £5,111 -£10,279 -£7,239 -£9,746 £31,320
Established: 25 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Hospice services
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 49-73
  • MAY, Anne
    Appointed: 2015
    Occupation: Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 16/07/1999, number: SC029299
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/07/1999, number: SC198133
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Dove Centre, 24 Stevenson Street, Oban, Argyll, PA34 5NA

Objectives

Oban Hospice Limited is established for charitable purposes only and in particular to relieve the suffering and distress and to further the health and wellbeing of people with cancer as the primary diagnosis, their families and carers, whose usual place of residence is in Oban, Lorn and the Isles as a non-residential, community based service. In certain circumstances, we may also support people with life limiting, long term conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Neurone Disease.

Data Sources

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