Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

PATHFINDER GUIDE DOG PROGRAMME 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22 31/12/23
Total income £70,454 £61,156 £70,032 £158,442 £176,202 £16,605
Total spending £63,080 £70,181 £74,650 £70,230 £125,314 £181,945
Surplus/deficit £7,374 -£9,025 -£4,618 £88,212 £50,888 -£165,340
Established: 21 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','the advancement of animal welfare
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: North Lanarkshire
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Who supports 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
The Clothworkers Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Foundation Scotland£9,507
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£5,540
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - specially-adapted equipment and refurbish key activity and office areas
£5,540 12/08/2021
Specially adapted equipment to enable the delivery of Independent Living Skills to individuals with new severe/total sight loss, including those that live on their own, have little/no family/friends ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£25,000 25/05/2021
purchase a property for a charity supporting people with sensory disability In South Lanarkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Specially-adapted Equipment for Increased Service Provision
£10,000 26/04/2021
This grant will be used to refurbish the group’s new centre allowing them to deliver an increased services for people with severe to total sight loss.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£4,965 20/01/2021
4
To provide prepared meals and 1-2-1 cooking lessons for the partially or totally blind, and those with other medical conditions as although some financially disadvantaged local people with ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£4,542 22/04/2020
To purchase a range of resources that will help Pathfinder Guide Dogs Programme provide a new meal delivery service and increased information distribution service as part of an emergency package of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Independent Living Skills Workshops
£9,565 28/08/2018
12
This grant will deliver an independent living skills programme for people with severe/total sight loss and other disabilities in the Lanarkshire area.
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/302
£3,000 07/06/2018
Towards delivery of Independent Living Skills workshops for 32 people who are blind/visually impaired.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£2,000 23/10/2017
10
to contribute towards the cost of delivering Skills in the Home workshops for people with full or partial sight loss.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£1,800 22/04/2016
10
to contribute towards tutor fees, materials and travel expenses for tutors and volunteers.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£1,785 02/03/2016
11
to contribute towards purchasing accessible cooking equipment to enable visually impaired people to take part in cookery sessions.
Foundation Scotland - Information Access
£1,000 15/01/2015
11
to contribute towards providing information in thermoform format.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£1,000 26/11/2013
12
To contribute to costs of stationary, specialist braille paper and telephone bills.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£3,460 30/09/2013
11
To contribute to costs of purchasing equipment for the training class.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme
£1,800 17/09/2012
To purchase a computer with built in speech.
Foundation Scotland - SPECIALIST OFFICE EQUIPMENT
£2,000 31/08/2011
9
To contribute towards the cost of a computer with built-in speech, an braille printer, braille paper and a talking calculator.
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How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 52-60
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/12/2003, number: SC035007
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/02/2004, number: SC263973
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

North Lodge House, Castlehill Road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, ML2 0RL

Objectives

The charity delivers a range of outreach and support services to improve the independence and long-term quality of the life of blind people, including the training and provision of guiding dogs to support extremely isolated and vulnerable blind people. The charity is also committed to educating the wider public about guiding dogs, blindness, and the inclusion of people of differing abilities. The charity will further promote the quality of life of blind people in the United Kingdom as the Trustees shall think fit.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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