Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

    RICHMOND'S HOPE 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Established: 19 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    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 £64,901 £64,901 £64,901 £68,623 £69,750
    Donations & Legacies £210,698 £276,896 £288,652 £345,112 £279,549
    Other Income
    Investment Income £673 £836 £20 £938 £1,568
    Total income £302,251 £351,176 £360,956 £415,903 £357,540 £374,754
    Charitable activities spending £334,550 £324,906 £364,218 £347,109 £457,828
    Fundraising costs 1% 2% 1% 0% 0% 0%
    Other spending £2,984
    Total spending £337,098 £330,987 £368,351 £347,187 £402,462 £461,280
    Surplus/deficit -£34,847 £20,189 -£7,395 £68,716 -£44,922 -£86,526
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£157,302
    BBC Children in Need£93,000
    Corra Foundation£40,000
    Robertson Trust£36,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Richmond's Hope
    £1,036 21/10/2023
    We would like to buy memory boxes and materials to help children and young people explore their feelings and emotions through therapeutic play and specialised grief activities.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Richmond's Hope Glasgow Bereavement Project
    £157,302 14/07/2022
    This group will continue to provide children and young people aged 4-18 years who have experienced significant loss due to the death of a close family relation with a safe place to work out their ....more
    Corra Foundation - HDG-21/1594
    £40,000 30/09/2021
    unrestricted funding.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Richmond's Hope
    £3,000 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - The grant will adapt support rooms and purchase individual materials for 70 bereaved children and young people isolated due to Covid. They will learn coping strategies and better manage ....more
    Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Manager for the Glasgow Bereavement Service.
    £36,000 23/08/2019
    The salary costs of the Manager for the Glasgow Bereavement Service.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Richmond's Hope
    £90,000 26/06/2019
    36
    A support service for children and young people who have experienced traumatic bereavement. They will have strengthened family relationships, be more engaged in school, better able to cope with their ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Richmond's Hope Glasgow Bereavement Project
    £122,771 18/02/2019
    36
    This group will use funding to deliver Therapeutic Play based support for young people aged four to 18 years old who have been bereaved. Support will be open to people living in Glasgow and in the ....more
    Corra Foundation - HDA-19/46
    £5,000 01/02/2019
    Toward the salary of a full-time Bereavement Support Worker in Glasgow.
    Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Richmond's Hope
    £1,000 08/01/2019
    Grant through the Heart of the Community Fund used to purchase the therapeutic materials required for individual support sessions.
    Corra Foundation - HDA-17/41
    £5,000 02/02/2017
    towards the salary of a full-time Bereavement Support Worker
    National Lottery Community Fund - Richmond's Hope - Supporting bereaved children in Glasgow
    £154,397 17/03/2016
    36
    This project will replicate their existing Edinburgh provision by establishing a bereavement service for children and young people based Ibrox Parish Church, in the Greater Govan area of Glasgow. The ....more
    Robertson Trust - The costs of establishing the Glasgow Bereavement Service.
    £71,000 31/10/2015
    The costs of establishing the Glasgow Bereavement Service.
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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 03/08/2005, number: SC036720
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 07 March 2022 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company. (Company name: Richmond's Hope, company number: SC288400).
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR20: 16 days late,
    Main office

    Richmond Craigmillar Parish Church, 227-229 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4PA

    Objectives

    The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 To advance the health and well-being of bereaved children and young people (aged 4 to 18 years) and their families by providing advice and support which helps them to understand the effects of mourning on their lives. 4.2 To advance the education of professionals and external organisations working in the field of child bereavement through provision of training and advice to facilitate their work in bereavement support. 4.3 To relieve the needs of bereaved children and young people (aged 4 – 18 years) by supporting them as they explore and express their grief through the provision of specialist therapeutic play. 4.4 To provide a high-quality service, based on clinical reflection, which is capable of advancing knowledge and understanding in the field of child bereavement. 4.5 In furtherance of these purposes, they will be achieved through working in collaboration with Richmond Craigmillar Parish Church of Scotland, a registered Scottish Charity (SC009035) (the Founding Body) providing a community-based bereavement support on an ecumenical and interfaith basis for all faiths and none.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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