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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    DUNDEE STARTER PACKS SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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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 £32,162 £39,788 £40,124 £54,272 £50,112 £54,990
    Total spending £37,106 £37,514 £38,986 £57,441 £50,690 £56,656
    Surplus/deficit -£4,944 £2,274 £1,138 -£3,169 -£578 -£1,666
    Established: 24 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Poverty relief
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Dundee City
    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    Corra Foundation - HDG-20/5046
    £18,000 10/12/2020
    unrestricted funds.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Dundee Starter Packs SCIO
    £5,000 13/05/2020
    to purchase household items and toiletries to continue creating packs for those most in need and in a crisis situation in Dundee.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Angus Starter Packs
    £6,400 20/06/2018
    12
    This Dundee-based SCIO will supply starter packs to homeless people being re-housed in the Angus area and the funding will cover the cost of opening the office an extra day per week to assemble the ....more

    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 26/10/2000, number: SC030710
      • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 13 March 2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC030710 Starter Packs Dundee, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 26 October 2000.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    39 Forest Park Road, Dundee, DD1 5NU

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To relieve poverty, suffering and distress by providing, or assisting in the provision of, household goods with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of Dundee and surrounding areas. In particular, the charity aims to help those who have need of such facilities by virtue of their youth, age, infirmity, disability, poverty, homelessness, unemployment or social and economic circumstances. 4.2 To undertake such other charitable activities as may be helpful to the aforesaid persons.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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