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home >> charity search >> edinburgh world city of literature trust
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

EDINBURGH WORLD CITY OF LITERATURE TRUST 

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 material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £143,703 £99,087 £87,913 £189,226 £201,619 £177,140
Total spending £155,086 £109,006 £88,032 £121,984 £140,984 £234,170
Surplus/deficit -£11,383 -£9,919 -£119 £67,242 £60,635 -£57,030
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Established: 20 years

www.cityofliterature.com

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Directors: 42-70
  • LAL, Vineet
    Appointed: 2013
    Occupation: Marketing Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/07/2004, number: SC035697
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/07/2004, number: SC270581
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, EH1 1SR

Objectives

The objects of the Trust are: (a) the furtherance of education by promoting knowledge and understanding about Scotland's and Edinburgh's literary heritage, and the historic and contemporary literary life of Scotland and Edmburgh. and (b) to promote such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit.

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