Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ILEACH LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £124,372 £147,850 £124,878 £125,959 £141,611 £117,764
Total spending £134,104 £138,062 £135,322 £133,738 £120,775 £131,470
Surplus/deficit -£9,732 £9,788 -£10,444 -£7,779 £20,836 -£13,706
Established: 22 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ileach ltd
£10,705 19/11/2018
We would like to replace an ageing platemaker to allow continuation of an independent newspaper for the Isles of Islay and Jura.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 39-72
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 10/10/2002, number: SC033685
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/10/2002, number: SC237949
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 58 days late,
Main office

Ileach Office, Main Street, Bowmore, Isle Of Islay, PA43 7JH

Objectives

(i) to advance education by the provision of training, especially ICT skills, and other services and to relieve poverty. (ii) to advise and assist individuals in obtaining employment, developing career opportunities, pursuing additional training and starting their own business. (iii) to provide for the community information technology related to the services which are not normally available. (iv) to encourage the voluntary sector to use the new technology to enhance their own prospects of promotion, marketing and funding. (v) to promote, establish and operate other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within the operating area. (vi) to promote economic and social development for the benefit of the general public. (vii) to publish and market the 'lleach' newspaper and other publications. (viii) to provide printing, publishing and other services locally and at a reasonable cost for community organisations and local, businesses.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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