Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

NORTH YELL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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 £9,203
Donations & Legacies £296,959
Other Income £621,298
Investment Income
Total income £17,263 £1,481 £221,987 £296,959 £3,072,536 £1,030,501
Charitable activities spending £42,723
Fundraising costs 29% 82%
Other spending
Total spending £25,615 £13,250 £21,405 £42,723 £963,765 £334,838
Surplus/deficit -£8,352 -£11,769 £200,582 £254,236 £2,108,771 £695,663
Established: 22 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Shetland Islands
Who it helps
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Get North Yell Going Again
£60,000 19/07/2022
This group will use funding to deliver a range of services and wellbeing activities for residents of North Yell supporting and stimulating better connections as well as improved physical and mental ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 34-74
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 07/03/2003, number: SC030659
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/03/2003, number: SC245227
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Keldahoul, Cullivoe, Yell, Shetland, ZE2 9DD

Objectives

4.1 The objects of the Council are:- (a). to relieve poverty and unemployment among the residents of North Yell, as defined by the postcode units ZE2 9DQ, ZE2 9DG, ZE2 9DF, ZE2 9DE, ZE2 9DD, ZE2 9BZ and ZE2 9BB (“the Community”). (b). to advance education among the residents of the Community, particularly among young people and the unemployed. (c). to promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist residents of the Community in obtaining paid employment. (d). to promote, establish and operate other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the Community. (e). to advance community development, which will include the promotion and development of trade and industry in the Community. and (f). to promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit. The expressions ‘charitable purpose’ or ‘charitable object’ shall mean a charitable purpose under section 7 of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts and a ‘charitable institution’ shall mean a charity in terms of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, or a charity under the law of any other jurisdiction which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, provided that nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Council other than in furtherance of a charitable purpose.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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