Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

ROWAN ALBA 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 19 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
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 £954,417 £964,989 £820,149 £1,196,893 £1,585,942
Donations & Legacies £79,769 £25,222 £38,044 £33,910
Other Income
Investment Income £6,600 £2,307 £2,261 £1,912 £1,781
Total income £1,056,019 £1,021,224 £898,079 £1,266,036 £1,264,415 £1,618,069
Charitable activities spending £1,132,584 £1,025,681 £887,644 £885,096 £1,504,676
Fundraising costs 2% 1% 1% 4% 3% 5%
Other spending £29,140 £3,236 £3,525 £5,968 £12,544
Total spending £1,181,600 £1,036,163 £897,284 £936,428 £1,248,822 £1,603,902
Surplus/deficit -£125,581 -£14,939 £795 £329,608 £15,593 £14,167
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Older People
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£198,800
Tudor Trust£92,000
Foundation Scotland£89,321
Crisis UK£74,503
The Clothworkers Foundation£54,300
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£51,900
Scottish Government£46,980
Solace Women's Aid£23,662
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rowan Alba
£1,253 21/10/2023
We would like to help older homeless people improve their health by learning to cook nutritious food and feel part of a community by sharing meals together.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rowan Alba
£116,300 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing supported accommodation for women, older men and people with alcohol dependency at risk of homelessness in Edinburgh, Scotland.
National Lottery Community Fund - New community Homes for Life for long-term homeless people in Edinburgh
£9,950 14/02/2022
This group will use the funding to provide furniture bedding and a pool table to homeless people who will be housed and supported to live more independently in long term accommodation.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Rowan Alba
£15,000 15/07/2021
To implement 'Move on' activities for women at the Stramullion Service.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Making Connections
£9,960 01/07/2021
Detailed information not yet available.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Improving support of individuals with ARBD frequently in crisis / hospital
£45,150 26/05/2021
A new collaborative approach to supporting individuals with Alcohol Related Brain Damage who frequently present in crisis at hospital and do not access support on discharge. Employ a Hospital Link ....more
Solace Women's Aid - Women's Sector Large Grants - Scotland
£23,662 08/05/2021
This project aims to provide activities to support homeless women with complex needs to reintegrate into the community post Covid.
Foundation Scotland - Home For Life: Move on Support For Homeless Women
£44,787 08/04/2021
to cover the cost of employing a new support worker for the Home for Life project to provide support to women moving from temporary to permanent accommodation.
Scottish Government - Rowan Alba
£24,980 04/03/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Rowan Alba
£4,995 03/02/2021
To fund the purchase of an office photocopier/scanner and the cost of shredding paperwork to allow the organisation to become a paperless office and support a remote way of working.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Rowan Alba
£50,000 02/02/2021
Purchase and refurbishment of new accommodation for a charity supporting homeless people in Scotland
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rowan Alba
£2,000 20/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rowan Alba
£82,500 08/12/2020
36
towards three years' salary of a Support Worker at the Thorntree project which provides supported accommodation to older men in Edinburgh.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Rowan Alba
£5,000 07/10/2020
to support people who have experienced homelessness in Edinburgh to cope with the easing of lockdown by providing a budget to take part in activities and outings, occasional overnight breaks and ....more
Crisis UK - Grant to Rowan Alba
£69,813 24/09/2020
Rowan Alba's project takes advantage of empty accommodation in Edinburgh to expand its intensive 24-hour support model for people with substance misuse issues who need more than Housing First can ....more
Foundation Scotland - Training for pub and off-license staff to address alcohol related harm of isolated older people in the community
£14,539 25/08/2020
to contribute towards delivering training sessions to pub and off license staff on how to engage with isolated elderly men at high risk of alcohol related harm.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Living with Alcohol Related Brain Damage before, during and after Covid lockdown
£6,750 05/08/2020
To fund an independent evaluation of the be-friending project for older individuals in Edinburgh living with Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD). To analyse any changes in clients' support needs ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rowan Alba
£90,000 07/07/2020
36
over three years towards the salary of a new worker for the CARDS befriending project for older people with serious long-term alcohol problems in Edinburgh and the Lothians
Scottish Government - Rowan Alba Ltd
£22,000 22/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Rowan Alba
£4,300 01/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that wroks with long term homelessness and/or alcohol issues in Edinburgh
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Response
£9,998 22/04/2020
5
This group are looking to provide support to their older members who are currently self-isolating due to underlying health conditions through one to one befriending.
Crisis UK - Grant to Rowan Alba
£4,690 09/04/2020
Additional staff for men with Alcohol Related Brain Damage in supported accommodation
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Rowan Alba
£5,000 06/04/2020
to contribute to the cost of bringing in 2 additional part time sessional staff during the COVID crisis to manage the increase in support needs for the male residents of the temporary accommodation ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£9,779 25/01/2019
During the initial period of the grant the number of beneficiaries will be reduced as staff will spend the first part of the year completing their qualifications. In the first year 9 women will ....more
Robertson Trust - continuation funding for the CARDS Project
£31,000 14/12/2018
continuation funding for the CARDS Project
Women's Fund for Scotland - Stramullion
£9,779 10/12/2018
12
to contribute towards the Stramullion project.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 11/10/2018
Community Alcohol Related Damage Service
National Lottery Community Fund - Birchwood - giving 14 women a new life of safe and independent living
£9,500 26/03/2018
12
This organisation based in Edinburgh works with vulnerable, predominantly homeless people in Edinburgh, Perth and Kinross. This project will allow the group to furnish a newly acquired property in ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Rowan Alba Community Alcohol Related Damage Service
£51,126 29/11/2017
Rowan Alba’s Community Alcohol Related Damage Service is open to anyone who has, or is at risk of developing, Alcohol Related Brain Damage. They have a Peer Support Service as part of CARDS, and ....more
Women's Fund for Scotland - Part time project worker
£5,000 22/03/2017
35
to contribute towards the cost of recruiting a part-time Project Worker.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rowan Alba Limited
£93,200 08/09/2016
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the 'Follow Me' service, providing support to young people in Edinburgh who have experienced abuse, are homeless and living in temporary accommodation
Robertson Trust - continuation funding for the CARDS Project
£31,000 31/08/2016
continuation funding for the CARDS Project
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - CARDS
£15,835 25/05/2016
Our community alcohol related brain damage service (CARDS) is a volunteer led peer support service that befriends and supports people who have, or are at risk of developing alcohol related brain ....more
Robertson Trust - the Volunteer Co-ordinator (Community Alcohol Related Damage Service (CARDS) Project)
£15,500 30/04/2015
the Volunteer Co-ordinator (Community Alcohol Related Damage Service (CARDS) Project)
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rowan Alba Limited
£88,100 13/03/2014
24
towards two years' running costs of the 'Follow Me Project' providing move on support for young people in Edinburgh who have experienced homelessness and domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Follow Me
£412,002 14/08/2013
49
This project will support homeless people, who have experienced domestic abuse, through the transition of moving into their own tenancy. The funding will enable the organisation to continue to take ....more
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How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 46-76
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/09/2005, number: SC036775
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/09/2005, number: SC289744
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Lochrin Square, 92 - 98 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9QA

Objectives

The company's objects are to relieve the poverty and other needs, and promote the welfare of those in the community who are aged, disabled, handicapped (whether physically or mentally), chronically sick or are alcohol, drug or substance addicts or recovering from such addiction or have some other condition of need. In furtherance thereof, but not otherwise, the company shall seek: (1) to provide support, accommodation assistance and associated facilities and amenities for such people. and (2) to provide other services beneficial to the community as are charitable in law.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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