Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    TWEEDDALE YOUTH ACTION SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • 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
    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 £35,764
    Donations & Legacies £209,819
    Other Income £5,011
    Investment Income £60
    Total income £107,754 £175,187 £236,497 £193,259 £204,922 £250,654
    Charitable activities spending £250,086
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £141,852 £158,344 £232,103 £163,063 £206,984 £250,086
    Surplus/deficit -£34,098 £16,843 £4,394 £30,196 -£2,062 £568
    Established: 19 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Services for young people
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Scottish Borders
    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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
    BBC Children in Need£30,395
    Corra Foundation£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Tweeddale Youth Action SCIO
    £30,395 31/01/2022
    Weekly youth clubs in Peebles and Innerleithen for young people from low income families or who are rurally isolated. They will feel less lonely, have increased confidence and less likely to get ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
    £20,000 29/10/2021
    Weston Youth Grant
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £15,000 05/06/2020
    Continuing the battle
    Corra Foundation - HDG-19/369
    £5,000 01/06/2019
    To deliver behavioural targeted youth work sessions for the next 12 months.
    Robertson Trust - Purchasing a 'Food Punks' Catering Van
    £5,000 14/12/2018
    Purchasing a 'Food Punks' Catering Van
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Tweeddale Youth Action SCIO
    £29,715 22/11/2018
    36
    Weekly youth clubs in Peebles and Innerleithen for 90 young people from low income families or who are rurally isolated. They will feel less lonely, have increased confidence and less likely to get ....more
    Robertson Trust - Enterprising Young People - Food Punks
    £45,000 12/06/2018
    Enterprising Young People - Food Punks
    Corra Foundation - HDA-18/137
    £4,921 29/03/2018
    To cover two Project Worker salary costs to work with 25 at risk young people in Innerleithen,
    Corra Foundation - HDA-17/110
    £3,500 30/03/2017
    to support sessional staff and running costs of the weekly group for 13 at risk young people engaging in Innerleithen
    National Lottery Community Fund - Here come the Wombles!!
    £9,987 22/02/2017
    12
    Here come the Wombles!!
    Foundation Scotland - Friday Nite Dropin
    £4,000 05/08/2013
    7
    To cover costs of employing a Sessional youth worker for 52 weeks.
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    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 02/12/2004, number: SC036135
    • Notes: The SCIO was incorporated on 5th February 2016 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC276801, company name: Tweeddale Youth Action).
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Old Corn Exchange, Newby Court, School Brae, Peebles, EH45 8AL

    Objectives

    4.1 To support young people, between the ages of 10-25, living in Tweeddale without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions, to facilitate a healthy transition to adulthood. 4.2 To advance the education and citizenship of young people through the provision of, or assisting in the provision of, the right physical, social and emotional environment with the necessary ingredients to enable young people to develop skills, to overcome barriers, to become confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors and, through a sense of belonging, to take a constructive place in the community 4.3 To organise recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the young people of Tweeddale between the ages of 10 and 25 years.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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