Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: -4

NEW START HIGHLAND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 24 years

www.newstarthighland.org

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	£1,185,457	£1,199,332	£934,887	£1,205,080		£1,291,471
Donations & Legacies	£10,952	£7,486	£10,891	£9,186
Other Income
Investment Income	£391	£709	£477	£247		£2,410
Total income	£2,086,944	£2,073,390	£1,520,894	£1,840,910	£1,932,424	£2,179,026
Charitable activities spending	£1,424,225	£1,421,257	£1,136,966	£1,180,636		£1,532,278
Fundraising costs	37%	41%	34%	24%		23%
Other spending
Total spending	£2,186,535	£2,279,952	£1,651,015	£1,619,078	£1,897,939	£2,032,615
Surplus/deficit	-£99,591	-£206,562	-£130,121	£221,832	£34,485	£146,411

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Other defined groups
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Scottish Government	£212,225
Department for Work and Pensions	£17,600
Foundation Scotland	£4,927

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - NEW START HIGHLAND
£8,800	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - NEW START HIGHLAND
£8,800	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Scottish Government - New Start Highland
£58,025	14/04/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to New Start Highland
£4,927	10/12/2020	To provide kitchen equipment and utensils and food packs to 100 vulnerable families in deprived areas of Inverness.
Scottish Government - New Start Highland
£55,800	18/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - New Start Highland
£98,400	16/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	18/12/2018	New Start Highland Furniture Service
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator
£36,000	25/10/2018	The salary costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Start Highland
£75,000	17/09/2015 36	towards three years' salaries of the Warehouse Manager and the Warehouse Supervisor at a project providing support to people experiencing poverty and social exclusion in the Scottish Highlands
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator
£54,000	28/02/2015	The salary costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Shine
£673,748	14/08/2013 36	This project will focus on supporting a minimum of 360 people who are misusing alcohol and drugs, ex-offenders and those who have been long term unemployed. The project aims to provide work training ....more This project will focus on supporting a minimum of 360 people who are misusing alcohol and drugs, ex-offenders and those who have been long term unemployed. The project aims to provide work training placements and coaching to beneficiaries within New Start Highland's furniture warehouse and recycling operations. Beneficiaries will gain experience in a real working environment and will gain at least one recognised qualification such as a forklift licence, PAT testing, and painting/decorating qualifications.
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Start
£329,962	25/06/2013 28	Funded through Support and Connect this group will increase their capacity to collect and deliver more furniture, white goods, clothing and starter packs to the most crisis hit and poverty stricken ....more Funded through Support and Connect this group will increase their capacity to collect and deliver more furniture, white goods, clothing and starter packs to the most crisis hit and poverty stricken people. Areas covered will be Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Lochaber and Badenoch and Strathspey. The organisation is recognised as one of the most important in the Highlands by Highland Council, Albyn Housing and Cairn Housing for the delivery of this type of service.

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How is it governed?

Directors (4)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 41-58

DUNBAR, James
Appointed: 2008
Occupation: Chief Executive

MACLEOD, Calum Martin
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: Solicitor

NEILSON, Eleanor Jane
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Director

TODD, John
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Chartered Accountant

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 06/11/1999, number: SC029635
Registered at Companies House on 27/11/2000, number: SC213206

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

9 Carsegate Road North, Inverness, IV3 8DU

Objectives

The company's objects are:- 1. (a) To relieve poverty of the inhabitants in the Highlands of Scotland, in particular those who have need by virtue of their youth, age, infirmity, disability, handicap, poverty, homelessness or unemployment by the provision of information and support to persons who require assistance in establishing a tenancy (b) to advance the education of the community in relation to the housing needs of such people and related subjects (c) to relieve the suffering and distress of homeless people, formerly homeless, in conditions of need, hardship or distress by undertaking other charitable activities to offer practical and therapeutic support to the aforesaid persons. (d) to preserve and protect the environment for the public benefit by educating the public in the benefits to the environment of sustainable waste management practices and thereby reduce the amount of material going to landfill by recycling and refurbishing goods that could be re-used (in this clause sustainable waste management practices includes waste minimisation, minimisation of pollution and harm from waste, re-use of waste and waste recovery activities). (e) to advance the education of such individuals (as 3.1.(a)) through the provision of training and employment opportunites in order to relieve unemployment, primarily but not exclusively, with the recycling and housing sectors.

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