Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CALA DIRECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
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 £359,290 £464,987 £444,705 £719,547 £803,295
Donations & Legacies £1,796
Other Income
Investment Income £344 £609 £152 £4,299
Total income £361,086 £465,331 £445,314 £719,699 £735,150 £851,549
Charitable activities spending £353,104 £421,175 £428,176 £537,780 £649,241
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £353,104 £421,175 £428,176 £537,780 £545,916 £649,241
Surplus/deficit £7,982 £44,156 £17,138 £181,919 £189,234 £202,308
Established: 21 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Other education services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 28-66
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/02/2003, number: SC034546
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/02/2003, number: SC244623
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

40 Longman Drive, Inverness, IV1 1SU

Objectives

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education and social developments of children, the parents, carers and families of such children and other appropriate persons with emphasis on play experience. To encourage study of the needs and problems of families and children To stimulate and educate the public interest in this and other related educational and social fields To encourage the formation, maintenance and development of playgroups, parent and toddler groups, under 5 groups, full day care and education schemes and (v) to encourage appropriate parental involvement within these aforementioned groups including the services of home-visiting support and self help groups.

Data Sources

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