Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

GOVANHILL BATHS COMMUNITY TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 19 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
Charitable activities £301,644 £187,363 £229,055 £718,351 £687,403 £690,922
Donations & Legacies £28,771 £29,582 £13,161 £39,157 £43,372 £57,568
Other Income £18,637 £2,218 £32,144 £19,331 £10,196
Investment Income £4 £8
Total income £394,428 £292,647 £265,737 £795,126 £795,126 £895,392
Charitable activities spending £318,157 £298,440 £308,715 £486,589 £799,040 £977,855
Fundraising costs 4% 1% 0% 0%
Other spending £16,021
Total spending £318,157 £309,506 £311,098 £488,846 £488,846 £977,855
Surplus/deficit £76,271 -£16,859 -£45,361 £306,280 £306,280 -£82,463
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','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','the promotion of equality and diversity
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City

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
Scottish Government£124,716
Virgin Money Foundation£45,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£27,100
National Lottery Community Fund£19,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Get Digital in Govanhill
£7,600 03/07/2021
Detailed information not yet available.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£30,000 01/04/2021
12
Grant towards delivering grassroots activities to empower and improve the health and wellbeing of the local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Occupy! Occupy! Occupy!
£9,800 25/03/2021
8
This group will deliver a range of activities to mark the 20th anniversary of the occupation and picket of their building. The project will include exhibitions film screenings discussions and a ....more
Scottish Government - Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£6,000 18/02/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£47,126 10/02/2021
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Govanhill Baths Building Preservation Trust
£27,100 02/09/2020
COVID19: Govanhill Baths Building Preservation Trust
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£15,000 21/07/2020
6
Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust to support the orgnisation through COVID19.
Scottish Government - Govanhill Baths Community Trus
£14,314 08/07/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Make and Do @ Home
£10,000 15/06/2020
5
This group will make and distribute craft packs with up-cycling projects and ideas to households in the Govanhill area of Glasgow.
Scottish Government - Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£39,900 08/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
CAF - Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£6,450 22/04/2020
3
Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
Scottish Government - Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£17,376 20/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£4,000 07/04/2020
To provide staff costs to continue to provide their wellbeing programme during the current pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Govanhill International Carnival & Festival 2019 & 2020
£6,550 30/01/2019
12
This group will use the funding to deliver the 2019 Govanhill International Carnival & Festival to celebrate this diverse community and to help to tackle racism.
Robertson Trust - the Wellbeing Programme
£15,000 14/12/2018
the Wellbeing Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Govanhill Baths Community Trust Wellbeing Centre
£1,000,000 09/03/2017
25
To create a wellbeing centre for the community of Govanhill by refurbishing the majority of the spaces within the B-listed Edwardian Govanhill Baths building which was closed fifteen years ago. This ....more
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Govanhill People's Kitchen
£4,998 02/12/2016
GBCT aim improve the health of the community through integrated food-based initiatives. In partnership with Crookston Community Food Project we run a weekly foodbank feeding approx. 60 mainly Eastern ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust
£2,206,200 15/09/2015
Govanhill Baths Wellbeing Centre
Robertson Trust - the Wellbeing Programme
£22,500 31/08/2015
the Wellbeing Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Govanhill Baths Community Trust Ltd
£33,700 31/03/2014
100 Years of Govanhill Baths
National Lottery Community Fund - Govanhill Baths Community Trust Wellbeing Centre
£33,593 18/03/2014
12
Project Summary :_x000B_This development grant will allow the group to appoint a project manager to act as a consultant to the project.. The appointed Project Manager is The Princes Regeneration ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Govanhill Baths Front Suite : Refurbishment of remaining spaces
£10,000 17/05/2012
12
The group will complete the third phase of their facilities refurbishment. Some two of the bath house has already been refurbished but a final third comprised of office space and a large activities ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - There is no project name available for this record
£10,000 17/12/2010
12
The trust campaigns to preserve and redevelop, for the public benefit, Govanhill Baths, a B-Listed Edwardian swimming pool. The group's idea is to develop the front suite of the baths and steamie ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Govanhill Baths Charity Bazar
£10,000 05/08/2010
12
The trust will refurbish and fit a new shop unit to house their expanding charity shop/textile recycling centre in Govanhill. This grant will fund refurbishment costs, fixtures and fittings.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Directors: 45-75
  • ADAIR, Jane
    Appointed: 2007
    Occupation: Doctor Receptionist
  • THOMSON, Carrie
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Senior Planner At The Scottish Government
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 24/12/2004, number: SC036162
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/01/2007, number: SC314823
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

126 Calder Street, Govanhill, Glasgow, G42 7QP

Objectives

4 The company has been formed to benefit principally the community of Govanhill ('the Community') with the following objects: (1) The advancement of community development (including the advancement of urban regeneration) principally within the Community. (2) To create and promote for public use a Wellbeing Centre in the property formerly known as Govanhill Baths incorporating its present contents and to do so through a variety of sporting recreational, wellbeing and cultural activities and other relevant activities as the directors from time to time decide. (3) To advance health, both physical and mental, and address health inequalities and social isolation to support people to live happy, healthy and enriched lives. (4) To promote equality and diversity by providing accessible facilities and a diversity of activities. But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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