Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

HOPE TO OBAN 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 21 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22
Total income £104,106 £106,887 £19,816 £81,715 £57,352 £52,396
Total spending £89,994 £77,607 £64,659 £46,399 £62,588 £59,412
Surplus/deficit £14,112 £29,280 -£44,843 £35,316 -£5,236 -£7,016
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of religion
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

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
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/687
£4,000 02/02/2017
towards the salaries of the youth workers to support young people with mental health challenges
Robertson Trust - The running costs of the Youth Work Project
£36,000 31/01/2017
The running costs of the Youth Work Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 37-64
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 05/09/2003, number: SC034645
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/09/2003, number: SC255446
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Well, Lochavullin Road, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4AP

Objectives

To promote activities for the social. welfa re, recreational, physical and spiritual beneflt of the young people of North Argyll. To promote the education of those who through their social and economic circumstances and by reason of their youth are in need Iivlng in North Argyll.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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