Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

FRONT LOUNGE LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22 30/09/23
Total income £49,065 £113,268 £106,467 £211,901 £141,668 £216,988 £142,717
Total spending £49,245 £79,298 £103,283 £157,974 £172,260 £246,422 £151,659
Surplus/deficit -£180 £33,970 £3,184 £53,927 -£30,592 -£29,434 -£8,942
Established: 23 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Dundee City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£78,500
Scottish Government£42,300
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£40,000
Foundation Scotland£29,460
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Woodward Charitable Trust£3,000
CAF£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Kindred Clothing
£10,000 15/04/2024
11
The grant will go towards the cost of delivering the Kindred Clothing fashion and design project to twenty young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Adventures of the Little People
£10,000 24/05/2023
This group will put on afterschool and holiday clubs for young people in Dundee especially from the Hilltown and Maryfield wards.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£3,000 24/03/2023
Core costs
Foundation Scotland - BUBS Summer Programme
£4,460 27/06/2022
1
To fund our BUBS Summer Programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kindred Clothing - a unique fashion and design accredited programme
£66,000 21/09/2021
The group will use the funding to continue to develop its fashion design programme for young parents and people with experience of care. The courses will involve teaching people garment production with the view to gaining accreditation find routes ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 27/07/2021
Front Lounge is a Dundee-based charity working to empower disadvantaged young people to realise their potential through peer-designed, peer-led programmes and activities. Their work focuses on issues faced by care experienced young people, young ....more
Scottish Government - Front Lounge Limited
£27,800 14/04/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 09/04/2021
Front Lounge Core Costs
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Front Lounge Limited
£5,000 08/03/2021
5
To enable them to deliver their Hope Learning Box x 50 and deliver one-to-one tutoring to young people in partnership with Young Minds Tutoring to address the attainment gap, whilst also supporting vulnerable children and parents.
Scottish Government - Front Lounge Limited
£14,500 22/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Front Lounge Limited
£5,000 17/06/2020
36
The grant will contribute towards developing the Hope Hub, specifically one year?s production and use of Hope Boxes which use art as an outreach and engagement tool to help young people with mental health challenges. A budget of £5,000 will fund ....more
CAF - Grant to Front Lounge Limited
£2,000 29/05/2020
Grant to Front Lounge Limited to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Hub
£2,500 19/05/2020
8
This group will distribute creative activity packs to vulnerable and isolated people in Dundee. Activities will be suitable for both children and adults and are designed to support positive mental health and wellbeing.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Front Lounge Limited
£5,000 17/04/2020
To provide activities, support and materials to vulnerable people in Dundee.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Corra Foundation - HDG-19/250
£3,000 01/06/2019
Towards office supplies, utilities and insurance.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Front Lounge - Investing in young people in Dundee
£60,000 13/05/2019
24
To become an accredited learning centre and social enterprise, and to develop qualifications to increase impact with participants, structure volunteering support and to diversify and increase sustainable income.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Front Lounge
£9,700 21/06/2018
YOYP Foolish Optimism Roadshow – a national conversation about young people, mental health and hope
Robertson Trust - Towards the Project Leader's salary costs
£48,000 12/06/2018
Towards the Project Leader's salary costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing Up Baby (BUBS) presents DIY Children's Fashion
£34,488 15/05/2018
12
Bringing Up Baby (BUBS) presents DIY Children's Fashion
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/451
£5,000 07/12/2017
Towards the salary of the full-time Project Leader.
Women's Fund for Scotland - BUBS Project
£4,440 06/12/2017
11
to contribute towards the running costs of the Bringing Up Baby (BUBS) Teens project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing Up Baby
£9,960 23/05/2017
12
This group operate a number of community projects to support families and young people. The funding will be used for running costs for a young parent project run by the group.
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Blossom Feasability Study
£10,000 26/04/2017
12
Project Blossom Feasability Study
National Lottery Community Fund - Create Base
£10,000 04/11/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing up Baby
£10,000 20/08/2013
12
Bringing up Baby
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 33-51
  • DOIG, Nicole
    Appointed: 2024
    Occupation: Sewing Teacher And Fabric Retailer
  • LIVIE, Kerry
    Appointed: 2024
    Occupation: Senior Operations Advisor
  • MITCHELL, Alex
    Appointed: 2024
    Occupation: Creative Director, Zen Elements Limited
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/09/2001, number: SC032160
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/2001, number: SC223108
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Workshop, 205 - 207 Hilltown, Dundee, DD3 7AF

Objectives

(a) The prevention or relief of poverty anywhere in the world by providing or assisting individuals and communities through the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient. (b) To advance the education of children, young people, and adults through the provision of training in skills that will assist in obtaining paid employment in the creative and other industries.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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