Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    SCOTTISH DETAINEE VISITORS 

    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
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
    Total income £64,471 £96,222 £44,913 £40,990 £43,629 £51,367
    Total spending £54,936 £65,815 £77,070 £53,177 £46,333 £53,793
    Surplus/deficit £9,535 £30,407 -£32,157 -£12,187 -£2,704 -£2,426
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Glasgow City
    Who it helps
    • Other defined groups

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,400
    Esmee Fairbairn£10,000
    Foundation Scotland£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Developing the Life After Detention project
    £9,400 26/02/2021
    12
    This group will use funds to support the delivery and development of its Life After Detention peer support group
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Detainee Visitors
    £5,000 20/01/2021
    To cover the cost of volunteer training and recruitment and purchasing phones to allow Scottish Detainee Visitors to continue adapting its support service for people in immigration detention in ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Scottish Detainee Visitors
    £10,000 05/05/2020
    6
    towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting volunteers to support people affected by detention
    £10,000 07/10/2019
    12
    This group will use the funding to facilitate weekly visits and a twice monthly drop-in service to Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre, as well as for running costs of the Life After Detention (LAD) ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Scottish Detainee Visitors
    £50,000 10/07/2017
    36
    Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation providing support to detainess and advocating policy change within Scotland.
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Scottish Detainee Visitors
    £50,000 07/03/2017
    24
    over two years as continuation core funding for this charity supporting detainees in Dungavel, Scotland's Immigration Removal Centre, and campaigning for alternatives to detention
    National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing isolation for people affected by immigration detention
    £5,900 22/02/2017
    12
    This groups supports people detained by the immigration service in Scotland. The funding will be used to enable volunteers to support and reduce the isolation of vulnerable people and their families ....more
    AB Charitable Trust - Supporting people in detention in Dungavel
    £5,000 26/01/2016
    £5,000 towards core costs
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Scottish Detainee Visitors
    £55,000 03/06/2014
    36
    over three years towards salaries and running costs for a charity providing befriending and practical support to detainees at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire
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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 27/10/2002, number: SC033781
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 2nd November 2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Scottish Detainees Visitors (SC033781), which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 27th October 2002.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    www.sdv.org.uk, 17 Renfield Street, Glasgow, Unknown, Unknown, G25AH

    Objectives

    4 The organisation's charitable objectives are: 4.1 To relieve the conditions of stress and isolation of asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland who are or have been in immigration detention. 4.2 To improve the health and wellbeing of people in Scotland who are or have been in immigration detention. 4.3 To raise awareness around the issues of detention and advocate for change in order to further our other charitable objectives.’

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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