Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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	£74,098	£73,836	£77,054	£70,675	£69,487	£81,899
Donations & Legacies	£1,435,439	£1,039,112	£843,180	£10,039,402	£3,269,737
Other Income
Investment Income	£125	£378	£659	£585	£87	£3,950
Total income	£1,739,154	£1,366,159	£1,190,660	£10,351,726	£3,581,472	£2,611,529
Charitable activities spending	£1,499,876	£1,210,939	£1,259,535	£10,075,174	£3,658,618	£2,442,643
Fundraising costs	3%	4%	2%	0%	1%
Other spending
Total spending	£1,550,398	£1,259,026	£1,280,569	£10,115,629	£3,680,713	£2,442,643
Surplus/deficit	£188,756	£107,133	-£89,909	£236,097	-£99,241	£168,886

Established: 21 years

www.dtascot.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development

Where it operates

Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Other charities or voluntary bodies

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
William Grant Foundation - Facilities Management Support Service
£78,884	21/12/2023	To contribute to the costs over two years of a Facilities Management support service to help communities who own buildings, to successfully look after and manage them post-acquisition and ....more To contribute to the costs over two years of a Facilities Management support service to help communities who own buildings, to successfully look after and manage them post-acquisition and redevelopment.
William Grant Foundation - Community Asset Hub and Spoke support pilot
£33,000	08/06/2022	To support the expansion, to Inverclyde, of piloting a model of support for communities taking on assets in areas of disadvantage. Key words: Commuity ownership; community assets
William Grant Foundation - Facilities Management Pilot Programme
£75,197	11/01/2022	Support for the costs of delivering a new post-acquisition pathfinder programme of support to community asset groups and projects in Scotland over 2 years.

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 28/02/2003, number: SC034231

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

1B Washington Lane, Edinburgh, EH11 2HA

Objectives

4.1 To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of organisations known as development trusts, in direct pursuit of their objects in such a manner as may be thought fit 4.2 To promote the purpose and benefits of development trusts and advance education of the public in the work of development trusts and similar organisations

Data Sources