Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

ABERDEEN DAY PROJECT LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 24 years

www.thebreadmaker.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/17	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities		£437,381	£437,381			£536,406
Donations & Legacies		£15,250	£15,250
Other Income		£62,494	£62,494
Investment Income		£309	£309
Total income	£542,451	£557,122	£557,122	£203,359	£732,834	£681,560
Charitable activities spending		£580,577	£580,576			£733,988
Fundraising costs		2%	2%		1%	2%
Other spending
Total spending	£625,270	£591,061	£591,060	£124,854	£633,738	£745,533
Surplus/deficit	-£82,819	-£33,939	-£33,938	£78,505	£99,096	-£63,973

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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 health','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Aberdeen

Who it helps

People with disabilities or health problems

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	£122,617
National Lottery Community Fund	£16,512
The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
Foundation Scotland	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Training
£8,992	26/10/2022	This project will use funding to offer food industry work-skills training and certification to adults with learning disabilities.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Aberdeen Day Project
£15,000	05/03/2021	purchase of vehicle for a charity supporting people with learning disabilities in Aberdeen
Scottish Government - Aberdeen Day Project Limited
£62,311	04/03/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Aberdeen Day Project Limited
£10,488	18/02/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Aberdeen Day Project Limited
£5,000	27/01/2021	Funds will support digital marketing, website and social media capacity so they can promote their work and engage new audiences.
National Lottery Community Fund - Blended Learning
£7,520	26/08/2020 5	This group operate the Breadmaker a successful baker and coffee shop social enterprise in Aberdeen. Due to COVID-19 restrictions their 24 apprentices adults with learning difficulties have not been ....more This group operate the Breadmaker a successful baker and coffee shop social enterprise in Aberdeen. Due to COVID-19 restrictions their 24 apprentices adults with learning difficulties have not been able to engage in the workplace. This funding will allow weekly sessions for them to meet up and engage in activities to maintain their social connections until they can go back to work.
Scottish Government - The bread maker
£42,818	28/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Aberdeen Day Project Limited
£7,000	19/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - The capital costs of the bakery extension
£18,000	21/11/2018	The capital costs of the bakery extension
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	18/10/2018	The bread maker SVQ Training Academy for Adults with Learning Disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bread Maker Training Programme
£10,000	01/05/2013 12	This group will run a social enterprise bakery and coffee shop, The Bread Maker which will offer training to adults with learning difficulties. The social enterprise will become an SQA registered ....more This group will run a social enterprise bakery and coffee shop, The Bread Maker which will offer training to adults with learning difficulties. The social enterprise will become an SQA registered centre, giving service users who train there an opportunity to gain qualifications.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bread Maker @ Aspire
£10,000	30/09/2011 12	The project will expand their social enterprise to an additional location. The project will provide an increased number of work experience and training places for adults with additional support ....more The project will expand their social enterprise to an additional location. The project will provide an increased number of work experience and training places for adults with additional support needs. The grant will fund support staff training courses, a laptop, a cash register and a printer.

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How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 38-63

BOYES, Mark Stephen
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Director

BROWN, Mark Alexander Strachan
Appointed: 2007
Occupation: Chartered Accountant

LEIGH, Sarah Michelle
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: It Director

MACDONALD, George
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Retired

MARCHANT, Neil Alastair
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Asset Manager

WATT, Jane
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: College Lecturer

WHITE, Mark Roderick Alexander
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Management Consultant

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 10/05/2000, number: SC030100
Registered at Companies House on 10/05/2000, number: SC206994

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR19: 18 days late,

Main office

50-52, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB25 1NT

Objectives

a) to relieve the poverty and distress of people with special needs and/or persons who have suffered and are recovering from any chronic crisis of physical, mental or psychological health by promoting and providing training, work experience, therapies and continuing education for such persons on an integrated basis. equipping them with skills for work and for rehabilitation. and establishing, furnishing, equipping and carrying on training, work places and housing and developing other related ventures. b) to relieve sickness and promote the preservation and protection of health within the community through use and practice of the principles of anthroposophical medicine and anthroposophical therapeutic techniques, suitable for application to individuals, families and groups. c) to work in the spheres of social therapy and healing based on the principles of Rudolf Steiner.

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