Overall GiG Score: 0 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +3

VOLUNTEER CENTRE EAST AYRSHIRE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board 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 recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year
Established: 24 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
Total income £142,904 £176,541 £176,427 £128,747 £43,429 £42,763
Total spending £149,766 £156,758 £144,659 £141,620 £44,054 £25,216
Surplus/deficit -£6,862 £19,783 £31,768 -£12,873 -£625 £17,547
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: East Ayrshire

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 - Covid-19 Kindness Calls
£10,000 09/04/2020
4
This group will use the funding to increase support to existing and new clients who are increasingly isolated due to restrictions on movement shielding and social distancing. The Volunteer Centre is ....more
Robertson Trust - Towards the salary costs of two PT Befriending Coordinators
£37,500 12/03/2019
Towards the salary costs of two PT Befriending Coordinators
National Lottery Community Fund - No Age Excluded (NAE)
£138,266 30/01/2018
36
The group will run an initiative to increase the community involvement of older, socially isolated residents living in Shortlees by providing a range of volunteering and social opportunities ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 65-78
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 27/04/2000, number: SC030266
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/08/2010, number: SC384410
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 60 days late,
Main office

7 Faransay Place, Kilmarnock, KA3 2JB

Objectives

The Volunteer Centre East Ayrshire is established for charitable purposes only. to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the East Ayrshire area by seeking the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the advancement of education, the advancement of citizenship including the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering and the effectiveness of charities. Also the promotion of equality and diversity.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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