Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -6

BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS (1745) HERITAGE TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 2 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/10/18	31/10/19	31/10/20	31/10/21	31/10/22	31/10/23
Total income	£94,761	£67,835	£94,573	£140,225	£92,428	£77,567
Total spending	£78,855	£83,590	£68,137	£118,760	£180,991	£66,394
Surplus/deficit	£15,906	-£15,755	£26,436	£21,465	-£88,563	£11,173

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Established: 18 years

www.battleofprestonpans1745.org

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

East Lothian

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Who it helps

Children or young people
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Cultural Legacy and Encouraging Language Use
£6,000	04/11/2020	A' cur bùithtean-obrach Gàidhlig air dòigh ann an sgìre Lodainn an Ear / Arranging Gaelic workshops in East Lothian
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Battle of Prestonpans (1745) Heritage Trust
£8,000	05/08/2020	COVID19: BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS [1745] HERITAGE TRUST
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Sharing & Developing the Gaelic Cultural Legacy of the Battle of Prestonpans 1745
£3,000	12/02/2020	A’ cur co-fharpais ealain agus bùithtean-obrach tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig air dòigh do dh’òigridh stèidhichte air cuspairean ar-a-mach nan Seumasaich agus Blàr Shliabh a' Chlamhain / ....more A’ cur co-fharpais ealain agus bùithtean-obrach tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig air dòigh do dh’òigridh stèidhichte air cuspairean ar-a-mach nan Seumasaich agus Blàr Shliabh a' Chlamhain / Arranging an arts competition and workshops through the medium of Gaelic for children relating to the topics of the Jacobite rebellion and Battle of Prestonpans
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Battle of Prestonpans (1745) Heritage Trust
£95,100	18/12/2019	Path to Victory - the Battle of Prestonpans 275th Anniversary and Legacy project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Battle of Prestonpans (1745) Heritage Trust
£36,600	25/06/2018	Comparative audit of our first decade and determining optimal way forward

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (2)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 38-86

JOHNSTON, Arran Paul
Appointed: 2010
Occupation: Historian

PRESTOUNGRANGE BARON OF PRESTOUNGRANGE, Gordon Stanley Clifford Park Wills, Baron
Appointed: 2006
Occupation: University Teacher

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 01/09/2006, number: SC037447
Registered at Companies House on 12/05/2006, number: SC302280

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

, EH32 9BE

Objectives

The Charity is established for the purpose of the advancement of heritage research and education leading to greater understanding and proper remembrance of the Battle which took place at Prestonpans on September 21' 1745 including studies facilitating the interpretation of all matters leading up to and consequent upon the Battle and the social and environmental context in which it was fought and in so doing. making use of all manner of literary artistic and other representation to enable the widest possible appreciation of the heritage discerned.

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