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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

BIGGAR CORN EXCHANGE LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest 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:

  • 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
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 28/02/18 28/02/19 28/02/20 28/02/21 28/02/22 28/02/23
Total income £77,747 £82,344 £67,266 £22,035 £33,045 £51,948
Total spending £79,978 £71,678 £77,990 £42,790 £37,658 £56,310
Surplus/deficit -£2,231 £10,666 -£10,724 -£20,755 -£4,613 -£4,362
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Established: 24 years

www.biggarcornexchange.org.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • South Lanarkshire
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • 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 significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Upgrade of cinema projection equipment
£9,973 09/06/2022
11
To fund the upgrading of projection equipment and associated control systems, and the installation of a 5-metre widescreen.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Biggar Corn Exchange Ltd (BCEx Ltd)
£4,467 19/11/2018
We want more young people to benefit from CXYP and offer more live theatre trips.
Foundation Scotland - Operations Manager
£9,500 08/03/2018
35
To contribute to the running costs of Biggar Corn Exchange for one year.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 23-79
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/02/2000, number: SC032641
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/11/2009, number: SC368706
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, ML12 6PZ

Objectives

To promote the advancement of education of the residents of Biggar and District, without distinction of race, religion or political or other opinions, through participation in the arts

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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