Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

HISTORIC SCOTLAND FOUNDATION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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 £73,035 £331,693 £85,738 £60,645 £127,284 £24,543
Total spending £381,040 £154,257 £801,634 £302,495 £975,092 £73,810
Surplus/deficit -£308,005 £177,436 -£715,896 -£241,850 -£847,808 -£49,267
Established: 23 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 53-77
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 08/08/2001, number: SC032044
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/08/2001, number: SC222035
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 22 days late,
Main office

, EH3 9EE

Objectives

The objects of the Foundation are to promote and advance for the public benefit the work of Historic Environment Scotland (Scottish charity number SC045925) (which for the purposes of this Memorandum of Association shall mean the body corporate created by section 1 of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (asp 19) and its successors) by making grants and providing financial support for projects and activities being carried out or to be carried out by Historic Environment Scotland (a) in relation to Scotland's built heritage, including ancient monuments, archaeological sites and landscapes, historic buildings, parks and gardens and designed landscapes, and (b) by doing anything else of a charitable nature which may promote and advance the work of Historic Environment Scotland as may be for the public benefit.

Data Sources

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