Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -13
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -19 ?

THE ARDNAMURCHAN TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

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 31/01/18 31/01/19 31/01/20 31/01/21 31/01/22 31/01/23
Total income £41,592 £17,727 £12,598 £9,209 £195,277 £13,974
Total spending £20,320 £29,870 £20,106 £16,690 £11,786 £9,788
Surplus/deficit £21,272 -£12,143 -£7,508 -£7,481 £183,491 £4,186
Established: 24 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It does none of these
GiG Classification
  • Financial or material assistance
Purposes
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • The advancement of public participation in sport
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (2)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 63-65
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/01/2000, number: SC029905
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/01/2000, number: SC202981
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR20: 65 days late,
Main office

, PH36 4LH

Objectives

The Company's objects are to promote the educational benefits of outdoor experience for the general public

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
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