Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

STRACHUR & DISTRICT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 21 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £13,377 £22,963 £19,190 £57,850 £4,662
Total spending £1,381 £20,720 £23,597 £7,281 £9,203
Surplus/deficit £11,996 £2,243 -£4,407 £50,569 -£4,541
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of public participation in sport
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 31/12/2018
Purchase of a Citroen Relay 17 seater minibus with wheelchair access
Robertson Trust - The Community Bus
£7,500 27/06/2018
The Community Bus
National Lottery Community Fund - Improvement of community recreation area
£9,700 26/02/2018
12
This group will use the funding to develop a woodland area for the benefit of the community. They will install walkways, a picnic area, benches and car parking.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 63-74
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/12/2002, number: SC033175
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/12/2002, number: SC240392
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR19: 709 days late,
Main office

Ardlaverock, Strachur, Argyll, PA27 8BY

Objectives

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Strachur and District without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities, in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so that their conditions of life may be improved

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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