Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Return overdue: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 0

CAOL REGENERATION COMPANY LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22
Charitable activities				£22,946
Donations & Legacies				£1,972,512
Other Income
Investment Income				£19
Total income	£96,263	£208,872	£120,442	£1,995,477	£531,238
Charitable activities spending				£154,068
Fundraising costs				0%	0%
Other spending
Total spending	£108,642	£173,759	£204,347	£154,088	£451,313
Surplus/deficit	-£12,379	£35,113	-£83,905	£1,841,389	£79,925

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Established: 19 years

www.caol.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Community services

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','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

Highland

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with disabilities or health problems','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Scottish Government	£66,431
DCMS	£10,000
Foundation Scotland	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£6,244

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caol Community Centre
£1,348	22/10/2022	We would like to continue providing a lunch club to the community. Everyone in the area is invited to the lunch club.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£2,346	23/10/2021	We run Lochaber and District Lunch Club and over 1,000 packed lunches have been delivered to the elderly during the Covid-19 crisis. We would like funding to buy food when the club restarts.
Scottish Government - Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£19,780	08/02/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£15,432	08/02/2021	Detailed description not provided.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	07/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£5,000	07/10/2020 1	To continue to employ a Covid Officer to provide support related to covid-19 in the community while the impact of the virus continues to be felt.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	02/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£5,000	02/09/2020 2	The grant would be used to enable the Lunch Club to restart encouraging people of all ages and abilities to eat healthy food, meet friends and reduce loneliness
Scottish Government - Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£14,250	28/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£16,969	16/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caol Regeneration Company Limited
£2,550	15/11/2019	We want to buy ten ""healthcare chairs"" for the Lunch Club at the Community Centre.

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How is it governed?

Directors (8)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Directors: 49-85

CAMERON, Samual
Appointed: 2005
Occupation: Shop Owner

CAMPBELL, Linda
Appointed: 2012
Occupation: Office Manager

CORBETT, Donald Morrison
Appointed: 2005
Occupation: Highland Council Employee

GILLESPIE, John Wishart
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Support Worker

MACGILLIVRAY, Archibald, Mr.
Appointed: 2012
Occupation: Boat Yard Supervisor

MACLEOD, Francis Joseph, Mr.
Appointed: 2012
Occupation: Retired

MATHERS, Robert
Appointed: 2005
Occupation: Retired

RIDDLE, Sarah Jane
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 04/11/2005, number: SC036941
Registered at Companies House on 04/11/2005, number: SC292719

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR21: 14 days late,

Main office

, PH33 7DS

Objectives

To promote, for the public benefit, urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular in the Caol ward of the local authority, area of The Highland Council and its environs) by all or any of the following means - The advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience. the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities. and/or The protection or conservation of the environment. To advance the education of the public in the history of the area, and its environment and to research or promote research of the same and ensure the dissemination of the useful results of any such research. Such other purposes as are recognised by law to be exclusively charitable within the meaning of section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or any Act amending or replacing the same, and which relate to environmental conservation, environmental management and community regeneration, as the directors may from time to time in their sole discretion select and that without prejudice to the foregoing generality and without in any way fettering their said discretion.

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