Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

WINNING SCOTLAND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/06/17	30/06/18	30/06/19	30/06/20	30/06/21	30/06/22	30/06/23
Charitable activities		£29,544	£144,824	£95,660	£109,630	£194,550	£107,912
Donations & Legacies		£343,487	£308,791	£384,500	£377,549		£489,546
Other Income
Investment Income		£223	£547	£659	£69	£180	£2,572
Total income	£632,460	£374,354	£454,162	£480,819	£487,248	£444,365	£620,624
Charitable activities spending		£333,413	£315,801	£430,016	£456,299	£394,233	£492,626
Fundraising costs		11%	13%	7%		18%	12%
Other spending
Total spending	£648,546	£375,060	£373,417	£465,663	£456,299	£475,833	£568,791
Surplus/deficit	-£16,086	-£706	£80,745	£15,156	£30,949	-£31,468	£51,833

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Established: 19 years

www.winningscotland.org

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Community services

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of health
The advancement of citizenship or community development','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Where it operates

Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Children or young people

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Scottish Government - Winning Scotland
£45,000	10/03/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000	26/02/2021	Winning Scotland Foundation proposal for core funding

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 46-64

GRANT, Colette Mary
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: N/A

MACNAUGHTON, William Torquil
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: Partner

NISBET, David
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: Director Of Corporate Affairs

PHILP, Sarah Anne
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Psychologist

SIMPSON, Catherine Louise
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Director Of Operations

TENNANT, Cecilia Orr
Appointed: 2010
Occupation: Head Of Funds

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 25/04/2005, number: SC036451
Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2005, number: SC283771

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

, EH2 4HU

Objectives

“4.1 The Charity’s aim is to create a winning culture in Scotland through building confidence and resilience in its citizens with a primary focus on the benefit to children and/or young people through: (a) the advancement of education, including physical education. (b) the advancement of health. (c) the advancement of Citizenship or Community Development. (d) the instructing of research and development into the building of confidence and resilience and its contribution to creating a culture of increased achievement and or excellence and the making available to and use by the public of the results of such research. and (e) the promotion and carrying out of similar objects which are charitable at law and thereby bring about increased achievement and/or excellence in the wider community throughout Scotland. 4.2 In furtherance of the above Objects but not otherwise, the Charity will: (a) devise, organise and/or run training, mentoring and other programs, initiatives, services, facilities, projects and/or seminars designed to benefit children and/or young people. (b) devise, organise and/or run training courses, initiatives, services, facilities, projects, programs and/or seminars on the building of confidence, resilience and increased achievement and/or excellence. (c) devise, organise and/or run training courses, initiatives, services, facilities, projects, programmes and/or seminars for teachers, parents, coaches, carers, trainers, managers and other personnel involved in the education, health, care, personal development and citizenship, of children and young people. (d) carry out its own research and instruct third parties to carry out research into the development of confidence, resilience, the culture of winning, increased achievement and/or excellence and make the results of such research available to the public. and (e) do all such other things as are charitable at law in furtherance of any of the above and the Objects of the Charity.”

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