Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

HELENSBURGH TREE CONSERVATION TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 28/02/18 28/02/19 28/02/20 28/02/21 28/02/22 28/02/23 28/02/24
Total income £31,382 £12,027 £5,252 £6,302 £3,869 £6,309 £6,890
Total spending £17,616 £13,211 £4,633 £10,403 £1,994 £10,698 £5,282
Surplus/deficit £13,766 -£1,184 £619 -£4,101 £1,875 -£4,389 £1,608
Established: 22 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Directors: 41-86
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 04/02/2002, number: SC032759
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/02/2002, number: SC227678
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, G84 8QA

Objectives

The objects of the company shall be to promote the maintenance, conservation and sustainable management of the treescape of Helensburgh for the public benefit and in particular with special emphasis on the arboricultural heritage of the town.

Data Sources

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