Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

HILLWOOD COMMUNITY TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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 31/05/18 31/05/19 31/05/20 31/05/21 31/05/22 31/05/23
Total income £54,925 £40,500 £29,382 £28,114 £70,437 £88,235
Total spending £46,570 £63,784 £69,785 £52,813 £55,611 £121,406
Surplus/deficit £8,355 -£23,284 -£40,403 -£24,699 £14,826 -£33,171
Established: 22 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It does none of these
GiG Classification
  • Community services
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of public participation in sport','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','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
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme
£750 05/06/2023
Summer Play Scheme
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hillwood Community Trust
£5,000 30/11/2022
Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': refurbishment of a building for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Scotland
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hillwood Community Trust
£50,000 19/10/2021
refurbishment of a building for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Scotland

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 43-76
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 21/05/2002, number: SC033136
  • Notes: Previous name- Hillwood Social & Recreational Community Trust from 21/05/2002 to 19/09/2019
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/05/2002, number: SC231799
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 3 days late,
Main office

, PA8 6HE

Objectives

1. To provide in the interests of social welfare, facilities within the Greater Pollok area of Glasgow (lithe Operating Area') for recreation and other leisure time occupation and available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life 2. To relieve poverty, particularly among the residents of the Operating Area 3. To promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such as will assist residents of the Operating Area in obtaining paid employment 4. To relieve unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment 5. To provide or assist in the provision of sports facilities for students of schools and places of higher education so as to ensure that due attention is given to the physical education and development of such students 6. To promote the education of young people and, through the provision of the facilities of the nature referred to in paragraph (1), to help to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society 7. To promote, conduct and/or support charitable projects and programmes of all kinds for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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