Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    PASS IT ON 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Established: 22 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/12/17 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £68,704 £121,811 £92,559 £87,277 £83,003 £57,696
    Total spending £95,876 £123,052 £100,852 £89,219 £92,518 £71,032
    Surplus/deficit -£27,172 -£1,241 -£8,293 -£1,942 -£9,515 -£13,336
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

    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
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Pass IT On
    £15,000 01/07/2021
    Detailed information not yet available.
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Pass IT On
    £5,000 17/05/2021
    Detailed information not yet available.
    Scottish Government - Pass It On
    £16,538 11/06/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Corra Foundation - HDA-19/42
    £5,000 01/02/2019
    Towards the salary of the part-time Administrator
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Pass IT On
    £45,000 29/11/2017
    Pass IT On adapts donated computers and gives them to people with disabilities and long-term health conditions who live in the Edinburgh area and who find it difficult or impossible to access ....more
    Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Pass It On Manager
    £49,500 21/11/2017
    The salary costs of the Pass It On Manager
    Corra Foundation - HDA-17/362
    £4,000 05/10/2017
    Towards the salary of the part-time Administrator.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 10/10/2002, number: SC033560
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Thornton Mill, Innerwick, Dunbar, EH42 1QT

    Objectives

    Aims of the Trust (Third) The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund at their sole discretion to promote the welfare and relieve the needs of people with disabilities in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland (hereinafter referred to as 'clients') by providing and facilitating access to computer technology and equipment, suitably adapted where appropriate, and in furtherance thereof:-

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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