Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

APPLECROSS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/10/17 31/10/18 31/10/19 31/10/20 31/10/21 31/10/22 31/10/23
Total income £16,854 £10,725 £12,032 £3,536 £14,599 £23,963 £19,500
Total spending £31,360 £13,423 £9,622 £12,000 £15,485 £13,265 £21,718
Surplus/deficit -£14,506 -£2,698 £2,410 -£8,464 -£886 £10,698 -£2,218
Established: 24 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Highland
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Home and Away During the World Wars Part 2
£2,750 11/03/2019
A’ foillseachadh leabhar dà-chànanach de rannsachadh air na Cogaidhean Mòra agus a’ bhuaidh a bh’ aca air sgìre na Comraich / Publishing a bilingual book of research on the World Wars and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 59-78
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 29/06/2000, number: SC030267
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/06/2000, number: SC208619
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Cabarfeidh, Toscaig, Applecross, Strathcarron, Ross-Shire, IV54 8LY

Objectives

To advance the education of the public by the research, collation, recording, publication by any means, disseminatino and promotion of the history of Applecross and surrounding area

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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