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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

    8TH PAISLEY BOYS BRIGADE 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    miles
    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 £9,633 £19,994 £6,264 £15,894 £5,271 £10,059
    Total spending £10,442 £13,505 £12,393 £9,464 £4,663 £14,986
    Surplus/deficit -£809 £6,489 -£6,129 £6,430 £608 -£4,927
    Established: 21 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Social youth organisations
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of religion
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Renfrewshire
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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
    Foundation Scotland£12,021
    National Lottery Community Fund£5,000
    Corra Foundation£3,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Coronation Celebrations
    £5,000 06/04/2023
    The group will use the funding to deliver two community events in Paisley to celebrate the King’s Coronation.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to 8th Paisley Boys Brigade
    £2,021 30/11/2021
    To fund a sports activity programme between January and March 2022 for the members of the Boys Brigade to try different sports.
    Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/1528
    £3,000 16/08/2021
    Towards the costs associated with delivering activities in your local community.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to 8th Paisley Boys Brigade
    £5,000 28/10/2020
    to purchase additional equipment to enable the organisation to commence face-to-face meetings again in a COVID compliant way.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to 8th Paisley Boys Brigade
    £5,000 20/05/2020
    To provide home packs to those who cannot attend the formal activities of the Boys Brigade whilst the club is shut to the 60 children who attend in the Renfrewshire area.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Introducing Sport in 2018 - The Year of Young People
    £9,956 30/01/2018
    12
    This charity will provide opportunities for members to engage in a programme of sporting activity including special residential weekends for their junior and company sections.

    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 27/05/2003, number: SC034251
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Paisley West Church, King Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2LS

    Objectives

    The Object of the Brigade shall be the advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys, and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect, and all that tends towards a true Christian Manliness

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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