Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE HEARTS AND BALLS CHARITABLE TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/11/17 30/11/18 30/11/19 30/11/20 30/11/21 30/11/22
Total income £55,120 £49,887 £88,781 £12,167 £7,184 £132,014
Total spending £38,453 £61,851 £45,864 £36,807 £19,941 £93,363
Surplus/deficit £16,667 -£11,964 £42,917 -£24,640 -£12,757 £38,651
Established: 22 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • Financial or material assistance
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of public participation in sport','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 31-68
  • MCARTHUR, Liam
    Appointed: 2002
    Occupation: Special Adviser/Justice Minist
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 28/11/2002, number: SC033927
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/11/2002, number: SC240234
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, EH4 3EN

Objectives

Relieving poverty, sickness and distress by charitable means but not otherwise, including in particular seeking to meet the needs of persons with physical or mental disability that has arisen as a result of sports injury.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
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