Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

CRANHILL DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Established: 22 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £331,947 £374,027 £366,477 £574,404 £598,774
Donations & Legacies £8,882 £3,414 £2,692 £5,155
Other Income £1,460 £4,583
Investment Income £2 £1
Total income £363,168 £405,198 £419,379 £609,142 £635,736 £674,279
Charitable activities spending £322,211 £403,958 £404,617 £539,521 £662,535
Fundraising costs 0% 6% 3% 6% 5%
Other spending £5,056
Total spending £323,799 £409,014 £429,169 £556,301 £632,748 £695,952
Surplus/deficit £39,369 -£3,816 -£9,790 £52,841 £2,988 -£21,673
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','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','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Foundation Scotland£59,614
Scottish Government£46,172
Virgin Money Foundation£20,500
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Ukrainian Welcome and Support Project
£284 24/07/2023
To support the delivery of a refugee support programme in Glasgow
Foundation Scotland - Family Worker
£45,000 23/03/2023
To part fund a Family Worker for three years to provide support and life skills training to families in the Cranhill area
Foundation Scotland - Ukrainian Welcome and Support Project
£9,790 25/01/2023
To support the delivery of a refugee support programme in Glasgow
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cranhill Development Trust
£1,526 22/10/2022
We would like to create an inter-generational group where the older adults and the younger people in our community could come together, creating a shared social space to learn from one another.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cranhill Young at Heart
£10,000 12/08/2022
This group will use funds to run activities for their Friday Lunch Club and to provide an adaption of their stairlift
Scottish Government - Cranhill Development Trust
£25,000 14/01/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cranhill Development Trust
£3,540 08/12/2020
To contribute to the costs of running group activities focusing on health, wellbeing, cooking and growing food for families living in the Cranhill area of Glasgow.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Cranhill Development Trust
£20,000 10/07/2020
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Grant to Cranhill Development Trust to support the orgnisation through COVID19.
Scottish Government - Cranhill Development Trust
£21,172 09/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cranhill Development Trust
£1,000 26/03/2020
To provide emergency food aid for local people in Cranhill and ensure volunteers and staff are suitably and safely equipped for food deliveries.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Cranhill Development Trust
£500 17/10/2019
Cranhill Development Trust provides services to local people to create community cohesion. The award was used to introduce a fitness class for local people aiming to increase their confidence and ....more
Glasgow City Council - Cranhill Integration Project
£26,430 08/03/2019
To co-ordinate and deliver services enabling the integration of refugees, asylum seekers, migrant workers and the wider community residing in Cranhill and the surrounding area.
Glasgow City Council - Cranhill Development Trust
£14,000 08/03/2019
A centre for the community of Cranhill which will tackle poverty and social exclusion by providing facilities and services which are open to all regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or ....more
Glasgow City Council - Cranhill Integration Project
£26,430 08/06/2018
To co-ordinate and deliver services enabling the integration of refugees, asylum seekers, migrant workers and the wider community residing in Cranhill and the surrounding area.
Glasgow City Council - Cranhill Development Trust
£14,000 08/06/2018
A centre for the community of Cranhill which will tackle poverty and social exclusion by providing facilities and services which are open to all regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Directors: 33-73
  • DOYLE, Linda
    Appointed: 2020
    Occupation: Locality Housing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/08/2002, number: SC033396
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/08/2002, number: SC235671
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

109 Bellrock Street, Cranhill, Glasgow, G33 3HE

Objectives

4. The company has been formed to benefit the community of Cranhill, Glasgow and environs which comprises the postcode districts G32, G33 and G34 (the “Community”) with the following objects: 4.1 the advancement of community development (including the advancement of urban regeneration) within the Community. 4.2 to provide within the Community facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life. 4.3 to relieve poverty, particularly among residents of the Community. 4.4 to relieve unemployment for the public benefit particularly among residents of the Community in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. 4.5 to promote education, and with particular reference to the provision of training in skills which will assist residents of the Community in finding paid employment and the provision of health education for residents of the Community. 4.6 to relieve ill health, particularly among residents of the Community. 4.7 to relieve the needs of people, and particularly those resident in the Community, who suffer from mental and/or physical disability, illness or impairment or have problems of addiction. 4.8 to help young people, and particularly those resident in the Community, to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities such that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society. and 4.9 to promote public safety within the Community, but only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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