Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5

    ISLE OF LUING COMMUNITY TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    Established: 19 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
    Total income £141,717 £118,292 £175,733 £159,110 £143,746 £140,900
    Total spending £133,072 £113,392 £180,083 £131,018 £127,070 £164,704
    Surplus/deficit £8,645 £4,900 -£4,350 £28,092 £16,676 -£23,804
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    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','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • Argyll And Bute

    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
    Robertson Trust£14,000
    Scottish Government£8,000
    Foundation Scotland£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Scottish Government - Isle Of Luing Community Trust
    £3,000 06/07/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Scottish Government - Isle of Luing Community Trust
    £5,000 23/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Isle of Luing Community Trust
    £5,000 14/04/2020
    To provide a buddy service, shopping service and facilities for the resilience centre.
    Robertson Trust - The Salary Costs of the Development Manager
    £14,000 30/05/2019
    The Salary Costs of the Development Manager
    Robertson Trust - Salary costs of LCT Development Manager
    £7,000 25/07/2017
    Salary costs of LCT Development Manager
    National Lottery Community Fund - Isle of Luing Community Trust
    £148,980 26/06/2017
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    This group will develop their Atlantic Isles Centre by establishing and supporting community groups and activities. The programme will involve 220 people, with 45 people volunteering.

    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 06/04/2005, number: SC036441
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR19: 57 days late,
    Main office

    Atlantic Islands Centre, Cullipool, Isle of Luing, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4TX

    Objectives

    4.1 The company's main purpose is consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development. The company's purposes are: 4.2 to provide or advance the accessibility of recreational, facilities, and/or organising recreational activities, which will be available to members of the Community and public at large with the object of improving the conditions of life of the Community and in particular to advance education for the public benefit in the heritage and history of the Isle of Luing by the provision of a museum, heritage centre, interpretative panels and other means. 4.3 advancement of citizenship or Community development, including rural or urban regeneration and in particular to promote public safety. 4.4 To advance the provisions for educational opportunities in the Community relating to environment, culture, heritage and/or history and in particular to advance education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and provide unemployed people with work experience. 4.5 To advance environmental protection or improvement including preservation, sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment, the maintenance, improvement or provision of environmental amenities for the Community and/or the preservation of buildings or sites of architectural, historic or other importance to the Community. and in particular to preserve, restore and improve the environment in and around the Isle of Luing through the provision, maintenance and/or improvement of public open space and other public amenities and other environmental and townscape regeneration projects, and on the basis that in doing so, the company shall seek wherever appropriate (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefit so arising clearly outweighs any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners) to carry out works of reclamation, remediation, restoration, erosion prevention and other operations to facilitate the use of these purposes of land whose use has been prevented or restricted because of previous use.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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