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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

LEITH FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22
Total income £23,268 £36,763 £37,083 £28,084 £9,451 £19,938
Total spending £31,041 £32,174 £38,113 £17,594 £11,924 £30,165
Surplus/deficit -£7,773 £4,589 -£1,030 £10,490 -£2,473 -£10,227
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Established: 19 years

www.leithfestival.com

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Community services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','the promotion of religious or racial harmony','the promotion of equality and diversity
Where it operates
  • City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/1773
£2,880 02/09/2021
Towards the costs associated with delivering activities in your local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Leith Festival 2018
£10,000 27/04/2018
12
This group will use the funding for a part-time festival coordinator to work with local community groups and help them develop their ideas and contributions to the arts festival. The award will fund ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Leith Festival
£10,000 26/03/2010
12
This group will organise a 10 day cultural festival. The grantwill fund insurance, programme design, marketing costs, signage, PA & mic hire, chair hire, lighting hire and tutor fees._x000B_

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 39-73
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/04/2005, number: SC036496
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2005, number: SC283758
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

17a Academy St, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7EE

Objectives

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education for the public benefit by the encouragement of the arts. To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Leith and its environs without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities, in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so that their conditions of life may be improved. To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes and projects charitable in law for the benefit of the community of Leith and its environs.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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