Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 2

KEEP SCOTLAND BEAUTIFUL

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

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

Established: 24 years

www.keepscotlandbeautiful.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	£1,496,949	£1,545,424	£1,211,856	£1,147,825		£1,277,830
Donations & Legacies	£10,442,273	£10,446,563	£8,547,139	£9,746,427		£1,467,798
Other Income
Investment Income	£14,484	£20,521	£22,471	£5,462		£1,502
Total income	£11,953,706	£12,012,508	£9,781,466	£10,899,714	£2,539,233	£2,747,130
Charitable activities spending	£12,062,229	£12,103,586	£10,534,045	£10,151,190		£2,869,811
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending	£12,062,229	£12,103,586	£10,534,045	£10,151,190	£5,108,877	£2,869,811
Surplus/deficit	-£108,523	-£91,078	-£752,579	£748,524	-£2,569,644	-£122,681

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Stirling

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Who it helps

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£1,498,568
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£198,165
Robertson Trust	£19,000
Foundation Scotland	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Keep Scotland Beautiful
£198,165	07/03/2023	Our Heritage Our Future: Community Heritage and Climate Action
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Keep Scotland Beautiful
£1,000	11/04/2022	Donation from Gavin Gemmell. Reference: Stuart McKill
National Lottery Community Fund - Highland Community Waste Partnership
£1,498,568	04/10/2021	This project will bring together experienced grassroots community groups across the Scottish Highlands to reduce consumption and waste. Led by Keep Scotland Beautiful it will increase public ....more This project will bring together experienced grassroots community groups across the Scottish Highlands to reduce consumption and waste. Led by Keep Scotland Beautiful it will increase public awareness of how unsustainable consumption contributes to climate change and create solutions for addressing this. It will do this by focussing on key issues including reducing food waste; tackling single use items; and supporting communities to reduce their carbon footprint by substituting new purchases for pre-loved repaired and shared goods.
Robertson Trust - The Staff Costs of the Canal College Programme
£19,000	11/06/2019	The Staff Costs of the Canal College Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 10/05/2000, number: SC030332

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

First Floor, Glendevon House, Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TZ

Objectives

The organisation’s purposes are: To protect, conserve and enhance the environmental sustainability of Scotland and elsewhere for local people, communities, visitors and general public benefit. To inspire, inform, engage and educate people about the natural, built and cultural environment, promoting awareness of the ways in which it is at risk and how they can act to minimise this. To make use of the opportunities presented by the natural, built and cultural environment, and associated heritage, to create opportunities to advance education, promote health, provide recreation, and further citizenship and community development.

Data Sources